TO: | Honorable Robert Puente, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2250 by Flores (Relating to the duties of the Rio Grande watermaster.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2004 | $0 |
2005 | $0 |
2006 | $0 |
2007 | $0 |
2008 | $0 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Revenue Gain fromWATERMASTER ADMINISTRATION 158 |
Probable (Cost) fromWATERMASTER ADMINISTRATION 158 |
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2003 |
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2004 | $149,543 | ($149,543) | 2.0 |
2005 | $106,043 | ($106,043) | 2.0 |
2006 | $106,043 | ($106,043) | 2.0 |
2007 | $106,043 | ($106,043) | 2.0 |
2008 | $106,043 | ($106,043) | 2.0 |
Current law does not provide for the allocation of groundwater pumped into the Rio Grande by the Rio Grande Watermaster. It is expected that passage of the bill would require increased accounting duties by the Rio Grande Watermaster. It is expected that water loss computations would have to be conducted on a daily basis, requiring one additional FTE. It is also expected that an additional FTE would be needed to conduct investigations of water pumping and delivery sites along the entire river.
Additional administrative costs are expected to be offset by revenues generated from fees that would be assessed on persons contracting for the sale and purchase of water pumpted from underground reservoirs.
Source Agencies: | 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
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LBB Staff: | JK, CL, DLBa, TL
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