LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 25, 2007

TO:	Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1407 by Murphy (Relating to certain swimming pools as public nuisances in the unincorporated areas of counties. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to authorize a county that adopts abatement procedures that are consistent with the general purposes of Chapter 343 to abate a nuisance that is a swimming pool by prohibiting or controlling access to the premises where the swimming pool is located and by installing a cover that cannot be opened by a child over the entire swimming pool or by draining and filling the pool. A county would be authorized to take those actions prior to conducting a hearing regarding the nuisance.

The bill would take effect immediately if it were to receive the required two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2007.

Local Government Impact

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

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LBB Staff:

JOB, DB