LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATURE 1st CALLED SESSION - 2003

July 16, 2003

TO:	Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB55 by Armbrister (Relating to compliance histories for and incentives to reward compliance performance by entities regulated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill makes changes to the Commission on Environmental Quality's performance-based regulatory program. None of the changes made by the bill is expected to result in significant fiscal implications to the agency.

The bill would take effect immediately, assuming that it received the requisite two-thirds majority votes in both houses of the Legislature, otherwise it would take effect November 1, 2003.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff:

JK, CL, TL