LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 5, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Gary Walker, Chair, House Committee on Land &
               Resource Management
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB3546  by Chisum (Relating to environmental building
               codes based on energy conservation and the authority of a
               county to enact environmental building codes based on
               energy conservation.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill requires the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)
to appoint an eighteen member Environmental Building Code Advisory
Committee and to adopt a Texas Environmental Building Code based on the
recommendations of this committee.  The bill states that the
Environmental Building Code Advisory Committee shall review other energy
efficient building codes in order to make a recommendation to TDLR.

The bill states that a county may adopt environmental building codes as
established by TDLR.

The bill is effective September 1, 2001.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   452   Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
LBB Staff:         JK, CL, RT, DE, DW