LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
April 20, 1995
TO: Honorable Bill Sims, Chair IN RE: Committee Substitute
Committee on Natural Resources for Senate
Senate Bill No. 978
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
978 (relating to cost-benefit analysis of environmental rules
proposed for adoption by certain state agencies) this office has
determined the following:
The bill would require that the General Land Office, Department
of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Commission,
Railroad Commission and Department of Health estimate the cost a
proposed rule would have on the State and the net benefits the
rule would provide the State.
Estimates below do not include costs to the General Land Office
or the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
Approximately $400,000 of the cost below is attributable to Parks
and Wildlife estimates and approximately $120,000 to the
Department of Health.
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
Year of General
Revenue Fund 001
1996 $532,639
1997 523,729
1998 523,729
1999 523,729
2000 523,729
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
The fiscal implication to units of local government cannot be
determined.
Source: General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board, Railroad
Commission,
Department of Health, Department of
Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Commission
LBB Staff: JK, KW, DF