TO: | Honorable Helen Giddings, Chair, House Committee on Business & Industry |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB3220 by Elkins (Relating to the environmental regulation and remediation of dry cleaning facilities.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2008 | $0 |
2009 | $0 |
2010 | $0 |
2011 | $0 |
2012 | $0 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from Dry Cleaning Facility Release Acct 5093 |
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2008 | $361,000 |
2009 | $490,000 |
2010 | $499,000 |
2011 | $507,000 |
2012 | $516,000 |
Passage of the bill is expected to have a positive impact on the General Revenue Dedicated Dry Cleaning Facility Release Account No. 5093. The increased revenue for 2008 through 2012 in the table above was estimated by the Comptroller's Office based on data on the use of dry cleaning solvents.
Although the bill's passage could result in an increase in revenues associated with the registration requirements to participate in the fund benefits payments established in the bill, this estimate assumes that the number of new owners paying the annual registration fee of $1,500 would not be significant because it is assumed that most dry cleaners wishing to participate in the program are already paying the registration fee of $2,500 established in Health and Safety Code § 374.102.
Passage of the bill would result in increased administrative costs to the TCEQ due to the bill's provision for quarterly versus annual billing. Additional costs would be incurred because staff would have to confirm eligibility of preceding property owners that register with the Dry Cleaning Facility Release Account No. 5093. The agency also would need to modify its existing dry cleaner database. Costs to the TCEQ associated with implementing the provisions of the bill are not expected to be significant and could be absorbed within the agency's existing appropriaions from the Dry Cleaning Facility Release Account No. 5093.
Although the bill would require the TCEQ to refund fee credits issued to dry cleaners who filed an option not to participate in the Dry Cleaning Facility Release Account No. 5093, the TCEQ does not anticipate that the refund of these credits will have a significant impact on the account.
Source Agencies: | 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
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LBB Staff: | JOB, JRO, ZS, TL
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