LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 10, 2007

TO:	Honorable Robert Puente, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1383 by Seliger (Relating to district hearings and citizen suits for illegally drilling or operating a water well. ), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Chapter 36, Water Code, to establish procedures related to an investigation and a hearing conducted by a groundwater conservation district in response to a complaint or suit by an owner of a well regarding another person operating or drilling wells without a permit or in other violation of district rules. The provisions of the bill would apply only to a violation that occurs on or after the effective date of the bill.

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, WK, DB