LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 1, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable David Counts, Chair, House Committee on Natural
               Resources
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2690  by Walker (Relating to enforcement measures
               available to groundwater conservation districts.),
               Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill would allow groundwater conservation districts to set, by rule,
reasonable civil penalties for breach of any rule of the district.
Penalties could not exceed those set out in Section 27.031, Government
Code, although an additional penalty not to exceed 115 percent of the
economic benefit gained from the violation may also be imposed.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, CL, DB