LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 17, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Bill Sims, Chair             IN RE:  Committee
         Committee on Natural Resources         Substitute for Senate Bill
         Senate                                 No. 1167
         Austin, Texas









FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1167 (relating to the 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 funds appropriated to the
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) from the
fees assessed on disposal of solid waste should 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 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:   LBB Staff: JK, CT, DF