LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 17, 2003

TO:	Honorable Phil King, Chair, House Committee on Regulated Industries
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2576 by Baxter (relating to renewable energy credits for technology that uses municipal solid waste to credit energy. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill amends the Utilities Code to further the state's policy of encouraging the conversation of solid waste to energy.  The Public Utility Commission and the Commission on Environmental Quality anticipate that any additional work as a result of the passage of the bill could be reasonably absorbed with current resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:	473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 475 Office of Public Utility Counsel, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
LBB Staff:	JK, JRO, RT, JW