LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 5, 2005

TO:
Honorable Helen Giddings, Chair, House Committee on Business & Industry
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB2824 by Corte (Relating to the regulation of certain dry cleaning facilities.), As Introduced



Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2824, As Introduced: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2007.

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.



Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2006 $0
2007 $0
2008 $0
2009 $0
2010 $0




Fiscal Year Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from
Dry Cleaning Facility Release Acct
5093 		Probable Savings/(Cost) from
Dry Cleaning Facility Release Acct
5093
2006 ($7,434,000) $3,206,000
2007 ($7,469,000) $2,477,000
2008 ($7,520,000) $7,520,000
2009 ($7,571,000) $7,571,000
2010 ($7,610,000) $7,610,000

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would repeal Health and Safety Code, Chapter 374, and Water Code, Section 7.0525, effectively eliminating the Dry Cleaning Facility Release program operated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The bill would provide for funds remaining in the Dry Cleaning Facility Release Account No. 5093 to be used to complete emergency or corrective actions prior to September 1, 2005.

Methodology

Upon elimination of the Dry Cleaning Facility Release program, revenues to the Dry Cleaning Facility Release Account No. 5093 would be eliminated. This estimate assumes that fund balances of $9.2 million remaining in the account would be used in fiscal years 2006-07 to complete corrective actions already in progress on September 1, 2005. Because the program would be winding down in fiscal years 2006-07 and eliminated entirely by fiscal year 2008, savings would offset a portion of revenue losses in 2006-07 and the entire revenue losses in fiscal years 2008-10.

Revenue estimates are based on data provided by the TCEQ.


Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
582 Commission on Environmental Quality
LBB Staff:
JOB, JRO, ZS, TL