LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 30, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Natural Resources
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3415  by McClendon (Relating to the development and use
               of landfill gas for state energy and environmental
               purposes.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated. However, there is some potential for economic benefit to
those local governments with large landfills in their jurisdictions from
recovery of methane gas.
  
  
Source Agencies:   473   Public Utility Commission of Texas, 475
                   Office of Public Utility Counsel, 582   Texas Natural
                   Resource Conservation Commission
LBB Staff:         JK, CL, ZS