LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 23, 1997
TO: Honorable Warren Chisum, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 3164, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Committee on Environmental Regulation By: Gallego
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB3164 ( Relating
to the use of solid waste fee revenues.) this office has detemined
the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB3164-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a
net impact of $0 to General Revenue Related Funds through the
biennium ending August 31, 1999.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would allow the use of solid waste fee revenue to ensure
and adequately assess threats to public health and safety posed
by closed or abandoned municipal solid waste disposal sites.
The bill would also allow solid waste fees to be used for immediate
response to closed or abandoned solid waste disposal sites that
represent an imminent threat to public health.
The bill would
exempt revenues appropriated for these purposes from the dedication
that requires that one-half of solid waste fee revenue be dedicated
to local and regional solid waste projects.
Methodolgy
The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) estimates
that $2 million in both 1998 and 1999 is needed to perform an
assessment of all inventoried closed landfills. Also, based
upon experience with closure costs at abandoned sites, TNRCC
estimates that $5 million would be required in 1998 to establish
an adequate emergency cleanup contingency fund.
The probable fiscal implications of implementing the provisions
of the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Five Year Impact:
Fiscal Year Probable
Savings/(Cost)
from Solid Waste
Disposal Fee
Account/
GR-Dedicated
5000
1998 ($7,000,000)
1998 (2,000,000)
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
Net Impact on General Revenue Related Funds:
Fiscal Year Probable Net Postive/(Negative)
General Revenue Related Funds
Funds
1998 $0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as
the provisions of the bill are in effect.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source: Agencies: 582 Natural Resources Conservation Commission
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: JK ,BB ,MS