LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 29, 2003

TO:	Honorable Tom Craddick, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1979 by Puente (Relating to preventing the discharge of untreated wastewater into waters of the state.), As Passed 2nd House

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to establish criteria for evaluating sanitary sewer overflows caused by blockage due to grease. It would also require  the commission to develop and adopt model standards for grease management to be used by sanitary sewer system operators to address and prevent spills or unauthorized discharges that are caused by grease blockages in the collection system. Additional activities required by the agency are expecting to be absorbed within existing agency resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff:

JK, RR, CL, KG, TL