TO: | Honorable Anna Mowery, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB334 by Villarreal (Relating to the adoption and enforcement of a rehabilitation code and a building code by municipalities and counties.), As Introduced |
Municipalities and counties indicated that the primary costs that would result from implementation of the bill would be for code enforcement, including hiring staff to conduct inspections. Estimates of the annual cost obtained by contacting a sampling of counties and municipalities include $460,000 in Harris County (population over 3.4 million), $115,000 in El Paso County (population 679,622), $76,000 in small counties, significant impact in some municipalities, and no significant impact in municipalities such as Huntsville (population 35,078).
The costs associated with conducting inspections and enforcing codes would vary by county and municipality depending on the number of buildings constructed, altered, remodeled, enlarged, or repaired.
Source Agencies: | 304 Comptroller Of Public Accounts
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LBB Staff: | JK, CL, JB, DLBa
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