LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 19, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable David Counts, Chair, House Committee on Natural
               Resources
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2403  by Lewis, Ron (Relating to water and energy
               saving performance standards and related labeling
               requirements for clothes-washing machines.), As
               Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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There would likely be some costs to the Natural Resource Conservation
Commission to maintain a list of certified clothes-washing machines
meeting water and energy saving standards. However, the agency would be
authorized to assess fees to recover such costs, and the amount of costs
incurred and fees assessed as a result of the bill's passage is not
anticipated to be significant.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   582   Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission,
                   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, CL, TL