LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 19, 2007

TO:	Honorable Robert Puente, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1861 by Quintanilla (Relating to the area served by certain municipal drainage utility systems.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Section 402, Local Government Code, by removing part of the population bracket criteria. Under current statute, the service area of a municipal drainage utility system cannot extend outside of its municipal boundaries except in a municipality with a population of more than 400,000 that is located in one or more counties of less than 600,000 or in a municipality all or part of which is located over or within the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone or transition zone.

The proposed revision would remove the requirement related to location within one or more counties of less than 600,000, which would result in the statute applying to all cities with a population of more than 400,000: Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio.

Local Government Impact

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

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LBB Staff:

JOB, WK, DB