LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 29, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Ron Wilson, Chair, House Committee on Licensing
               & Administrative Procedures
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2155  by Yarbrough (Relating to the creation and
               operation of the Texas Board of Plumbing and Mechanical
               Work and the regulation of plumbing and mechanical laws
               and programs by that board; providing penalties.), As
               Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would re-create the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners as
the "Texas Board of Plumbing and Mechanical Work", and would shift
regulatory responsibilities for several programs to the new agency.
Regulatory responsibilities for boilers and air conditioning and
refrigeration contractors would be transferred from the Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation, and responsibility for the regulation of
irrigators would be transferred from the Texas Natural Resources
Conservation Commission.  Several advisory committees would be abolished,
including the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors Advisory
Board, the Board of Boiler Rules, and the Texas Irrigators Advisory
Council.

It is assumed that resources could be shifted between agencies as
necessary to implement the provisions of the bill.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, TH, CB