LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
April 17, 1995
TO: Honorable Hugo Berlanga, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 1373
Committee on Public Health By: Coleman
House of Representatives
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1373 (Relating to creation of a lead-based paint certification
program for target housing, providing for a fee, and providing
for civil and criminal penalties.) this office has determined the
following:
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
The stated purpose of this bill is to establish, pursuant to
federal requirements, the eligibility of state and local
governments for federal lead-based paint abatement funds. The
bill would establish a regulatory program at the Texas Department
of Health to certify persons involved in lead-based paint
activity and accredit training providers. Rules must be passed
by the Board of Health to implement the program prior to January
1, 1996. The bill provides that the program created by the
Department cannot exceed the minimum program requirements of
federal law.
The bill would permit the Department of Health to assess a fee to
recover the cost of administering the program. The Department of
Health, in estimating fiscal implications of the bill as listed
below, made certain assumptions regarding fees and number of
persons to be certified or accredited.
It is possible that federal funds would be made available to the
state for lead-based paint activity once the provisions of the
bill were implemented. However, the amount that would become
available cannot be determined.
Costs would accrue to units of local government engaging in lead-
based paint abatement for certifying personnel performing these
duties. It is assumed that some amount of federal funds would
become available to units of local government through the
implementation of provisions in the bill. The Department of
Health estimates this amount at a minimum of $4,000,000 in fiscal
year 1996.
Costs noted below assume expenditures to develop and maintain a
regulatory program: staff for licensing and enforcement
functions, travel, equipment, and other associated operating
expenses.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Cost Out Probable Revenue Change in
Year of General Gain to General Number of State
Revenue Fund 001 Revenue Fund 001 Employees from
FY 1995
1996 $622,506 $622,506 14.0
1997 982,644 982,644 22.0
1998 876,644 876,644 22.0
1999 876,644 876,644 22.0
2000 876,644 876,644 22.0
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
Source: Texas Department of Health, Department of Housing and
Community Affairs
LBB Staff: JK, KF, DF