LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 3, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Warren Chisum, Chair         IN RE:  House Bill No. 3072
         Committee on Environmental Regulation          By: Gallego
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
3072 (Relating to use of solid waste fee revenue for local and
regional activities.) this office has determined the following:

The bill would amend Section 361.013 of the Health and Safety
Code to require that one-half of the revenue collected from fees
assessed on disposal of solid waste be allocated to municipal
solid waste planning regions for use by local governments and
regional planning commissions.

The bill would authorize funding allocations to planning regions
through local units of government based on formulas to be
established by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
(TNRCC). While the bill would increase funding to local
governments, TNRCC funding criteria may result in the reduction
of grant funds to some units of government and the reallocation
of funding to others.


No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The fiscal implication to  units of local government cannot be
determined.


Source:   Natural Resource Conservation Commission
          LBB Staff: JK, JB, DF