LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 17, 2005

TO:	Honorable Robert Puente, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2430 by Puente (Relating to the establishment of a rainwater harvesting evaluation committee.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the Water Development Board to establish a rainwater harvesting evaluation committee to study the feasibility of using rainwater as a source of water supply. The proposed committee would be composed of representatives of four state agencies with the representative from the Water Development Board serving as the presiding officer of the proposed committee. The bill would require that the committee provide a report to the legislature by no later than December 1, 2006.

Any additional workload resulting from the bill, including research costs and publishing costs relating to the required report would be absorbed within existing agency resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

580 Water Development Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, WK, ZS, TL