Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1589 by Shapleigh (Relating to municipal and county authority to enforce a solid waste collection and transportation services franchise; providing penalty. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Health and Safety Code to specify that a violation of a rule adopted under Section 364.011 would be a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200, and that each day of a continuing violation would constitute a separate offense.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.