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
  
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*  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.                                                             *
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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                *
          *       2002                                   $0  *
          *       2003                                    0  *
          *       2004                                    0  *
          *       2005                                    0  *
          *       2006                                    0  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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*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  *
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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