LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                        February 28, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Bill Sims, Chair             IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 650
         Committee on Natural Resources                 By: Ratliff
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
650 (Relating to the regulation of nonpoint source water
pollution, stormwater discharges, wet weather water quality
standards and control of sanitary sewer overflows.) this office
has determined the following:

The bill requires that the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission (TNRCC) only adopt rules for nonpoint source
pollution, stormwater discharges, wet weather water quality
standards and sanitary sewer overflows that do not exceed federal
requirements.

The bill also requires that the TNRCC perform a legal analysis of
proposed regulations to ensure that federal standards are not
exceeded.

The bill further requires that the TNRCC employ maximum
flexibility in the implementation of associated regulations and
allows local governments sufficient time to implement relevant
programs.

Local units of government may realize some cost savings under the
provisions of the bill. However, the net fiscal implications for
units of local government cannot be determined.


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




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