LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 31, 2005

TO:	Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2129 by Bonnen (Relating to energy-saving measures that reduce the emission of air contaminants. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Since the legislation requires no clear action by any of the affected agencies, it is assumed that the agencies could implement the legislation with existing resources.

Local Government Impact

Costs to municipally owned electric utilities to implement the provisions of the bill would depend upon the customer-option program that is designed and distributed.

Source Agencies:

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 712 Texas Engineering Experiment Station

LBB Staff:

JOB, WK, ZS, JMI, KJG