| TO: | Honorable Robert Puente, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources |
| FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2184 by Geren (Relating to prohibiting the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality from amending, interpreting, impairing, or modifying a written contract for the wholesale provision of water.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would prohibit the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) from amending, interpreting, impairing, or modifying a written contract for the wholesale provision of raw or treated water. It would also require a petitioner seeking to compel water supply to show the commission that the petitioner has not entered into a contract with the party owning or controlling the water supply.
The bill could impact water contractors which include local governments, cities, districts, and other water utilities with contract issues. It is possible that units of local government purchasing water pursuant to a contract may no longer be able to seek rate relief from the TCEQ if it has a contract with the water supplier. It is also possible that units of local government that provide water would no longer have to expend funds to defend contract rates appealed to the TCEQ.
| Source Agencies: | 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
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| LBB Staff: | JK, CL, TL
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