LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 8, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Ron Lewis, Chair, House Committee on Energy
               Resources
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB 3444 by Lewis, Ron (relating to the deposit to the
               credit of the oil-field cleanup fund of certain fees and
               penalties collected by the Railroad Commission of
               Texas), Committee Report 1st House, as amended
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  HB3444, Committee Report 1st House, as amended:  negative impact      *
*  of $(1,400,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2001.          *
*                                                                        *
*  The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal      *
*  basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of    *
*  the bill.                                                             *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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          *  Fiscal Year  Probable Net Positive/(Negative)   *
          *               Impact to General Revenue Related  *
          *                             Funds                *
          *       2000                           $(700,000)  *
          *       2001                            (700,000)  *
          *       2002                            (700,000)  *
          *       2003                            (700,000)  *
          *       2004                            (700,000)  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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*Fiscal    Probable Revenue     Probable Revenue         Probable        *
* Year     Gain/(Loss) from     Gain/(Loss) from    Savings/(Cost) from  *
*        General Revenue Fund   Oil-Field Cleanup    Oil-Field Cleanup   *
*                0001               Account/             Account/        *
*                                 GR-Dedicated         GR-Dedicated      *
*                                     0145                 0145          *
*  2000             $(700,000)             $700,000           $(700,000) *
*  2001              (700,000)              700,000            (700,000) *
*  2002              (700,000)              700,000            (700,000) *
*  2003              (700,000)              700,000            (700,000) *
*  2004              (700,000)              700,000            (700,000) *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would redirect the deposit of fees for expediting drilling
permits, certain administrative penalties and fees for applications for
fluid injection well permits from the General Revenue Fund to the
General Revenue-Dedicated Oil Field Clean Up Account.
  
  
Methodology
  
Certain fees and administrative penalties currently deposited to the
General Revenue Fund would be deposited to the credit of the General
Revenue-Dedicated Oil Field Clean Up Account and are estimated to be
$700,000 each fiscal year.

Senate Bill 115, as enrolled and signed by the Governor, would reinstate
the fee for expediting drilling permits which would otherwise sunset as
of August 31, 1999.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, MF