LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session April 3, 2001 TO: Honorable Warren Chisum, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1899 by Turner, Sylvester (Relating to solid waste disposal.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for * * HB1899, As Introduced: positive impact of $0 through the biennium * * ending August 31, 2003. * * * * The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal * * basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of * * the bill. * ************************************************************************** General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: **************************************************** * Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) * * Impact to General Revenue Related * * Funds * * 2002 $0 * * 2003 0 * * 2004 0 * * 2005 0 * * 2006 0 * **************************************************** All Funds, Five-Year Impact: *********************************************************************** *Fiscal Probable Probable Probable Probable Change in * * Year Revenue Savings/ Revenue Savings/ Number of * * Gain/(Loss) (Cost) from Gain/(Loss) (Cost) from State * * from Solid Solid Waste from Waste Waste Employees * * Waste Disposal Management Management from FY 2001 * * Disposal Account/ Account/ Account/ * * Account/ GR- GR- GR- * * GR- Dedicated Dedicated Dedicated * * Dedicated 5000 0549 0549 * * 5000 * * 2002 $454,842 $(454,842) $227,421 $(227,421) 3.0 * * 2003 406,842 (406,842) 227,421 (227,421) 3.0 * * 2004 406,842 (406,842) 227,421 (227,421) 3.0 * * 2005 406,842 (406,842) 227,421 (227,421) 3.0 * * 2006 406,842 (406,892) 227,421 (227,421) 3.0 * *********************************************************************** Technology Impact The acquisition of three computers, related software and equipment for three positions. Fiscal Analysis The bill extends the deadline for home-rule cities that impose an environmental protection fee for solid waste disposal services from January 1993 to January 2002. The bill would also expand the requirement for the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission to allocate 50 percent of collections to Solid Waste Disposal Fee Account No. 5000 to local governments as well as councils of government for regional and local government solid waste projects. Methodology Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission anticipates additional spending requirements of $454,842 and three positions in fiscal year 2002, and $406,842 in fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter. The number of grants issued to councils of government and local governments is expected to increase from 24 to more than 100 grants per year. It is also assumed that three additional staff are required to administer the new grants. Amounts sufficient to recover these administrative costs would be transferred from the Solid Waste Planning Account No. 5000 to General Revenue-Dedicated Account No. 549, Waste Management Account. Because of the 50-50 basis for allocating solid waste disposal fees, any increases in administrative costs would result in an increase in the same amount of funds provided for regional and local government solid waste projects. Local Government Impact Based on the bill, councils of government and local governments would receive an additional $227,421 in grants in fiscal year 2002, and $203,421 in fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter. Source Agencies: 582 Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission LBB Staff: JK, CL, MF, ZS