LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 28, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Bill Sims, Chair             IN RE:  Senate BillNo. 1017
         Committee on Natural Resources                 By: Wentworth
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1017 (Relating to the designation of water quality protection
zones in certain areas.) this office has determined the
following:

The bill would establish voluntary "water quality protection
zones" for continuous tracts of land greater than 1,000 acres in
the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities.

The bill would require the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission (TNRCC) to review and approve within 120 days from the
date filed, a water quality plan for each Water Quality
Protection Zone. The bill authorizes the TNRCC to adopt and
assess reasonable and necessary fees to recover the costs from
administering the provisions of the bill. However, the number of
water quality plans that might be filed with the TNRCC for review
and approval cannot be determined. 

The bill would prohibit a specified municipality from enforcing
any of its ordinances, rules or requirements including, but not
limited to, pollution abatement regulations or plans, water
quality ordinances, or subdivision requirements.

The bill further prohibits a municipality specified in the bill
from collect fees or assessments or exercise powers of eminent
domain within a Water Quality Protection Zone until the zone has
been annexed.    




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

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