LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

Revision 1

May 8, 2003

TO:	Honorable Robert Puente, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3082 by Puente (Relating to the Texas Water Advisory Council.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would make changes affecting the Texas Water Advisory Council, adding the following topics to the list of state water policy issues studied by the Council: reuse; infrastructure improvement for water projects; water marketing, speculation, and region of origin impacts; and environmental and instream flows. The bill would change the date of dissolution of both the Council and the interagency water advisory account from September 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

551 Department of Agriculture, 580 Water Development Board, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 802 Parks and Wildlife Department

LBB Staff:

JK, CL, TL, KG