LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 20, 2007

TO:	Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3780 by Bonnen (Relating to initiation of enforcement by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for violations based on information received from a private individual. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would provide that if the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) determines that there are multiple violations by a permittee based upon information received from a private individual, only those that require formal enforcement would be included in any proposed enforcement action. Violations that do not require formal enforcement would not be included in any enforcement action when those actions are reported to the TCEQ by a private individual if they are not repeat violations and they have been corrected.

Administrative costs to the TCEQ in implementing the provisions of the bill are not expected to be significant.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff:

JOB, DB, WK, TL