LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                            February 15, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Warren Chisum, Chair, House Committee on
               Environmental Regulation
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB801 by Uher (Relating to public participation in
               certain environmental permitting procedures of the Texas
               Natural Resource Conservation Commission.), As
               Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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*  The bill would establish new permitting and public participation      *
*  procedures for certain Texas Natural Resource Conservation            *
*  Commission (TNRCC) permits and eliminate permit hearings for TNRCC    *
*  contested cases currently conducted by the State Office of            *
*  Administrative Hearings (SOAH).  Increased costs for TNRCC            *
*  associated with the new permitting system would be offset by a        *
*  proportional decrease in TNRCC's costs associated with the            *
*  contested cases conducted by SOAH.                                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, JD, NS