LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 1, 2003

TO:	Honorable Kenny Marchant, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1792 by Chisum (Relating to the authority of the Office of Public Interest Counsel under the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would allow the Public Interest Counsel of the Commission on Environmental Quality to contest the validity of rates or a package of rules adopted by the Commission on the basis that the rates or rules were set or adopted without the proper legal procedure or exceed the Commission’s authority.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:	360 State Office of Administrative Hearings, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
LBB Staff:	JK, RR, TL