LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 18, 2005

TO:	Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB965 by Haggerty (Relating to a prohibition on the regulation of emissions from residential water heaters. ), 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 regulating emissions from residential water heaters. Although the bill's passage would result in the TCEQ being required to enact rule changes, no significant impact to the TCEQ's budget is expected.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff:

JOB, WK, ZS, TL