TO: | Honorable Rene Oliveira, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB3765 by Paxton (Relating to the use of hazardous and solid waste remediation fee funds for lead-acid battery recycling activities.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2010 | $0 |
2011 | $0 |
2012 | $0 |
2013 | $0 |
2014 | $0 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) from Hazardous/Waste Remed Acc 550 |
Probable Revenue Gain from All Local Units of Government |
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2010 | ($1,430,000) | $715,000 |
2011 | ($1,430,000) | $715,000 |
2012 | ($1,430,000) | $715,000 |
2013 | ($1,430,000) | $715,000 |
2014 | ($1,430,000) | $715,000 |
According to the Comptroller's Biennial Revenue Estimate for 2010-11, the Battery Sales Fee, which is deposited to the credit of the General Revenue-Dedicated Hazardous and Solid Waste Remediation Fee Account No. 550, is projected to generate $14,300,000 in each fiscal year 2010 and 2011. Although the bill would not increase revenues generated through the fee, it would allocate 10 to 20 percent of the revenues ($1.4 million to $2.9 million per fiscal year) for lead-acid battery-related programs.
TCEQ reports that it does not spend a significant amount of funding on lead-acid battery-related programs. To implement the provisions of the bill, the TCEQ would either need to cut funding for other programs funded out of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Remediation Account No. 550, which is mainly the Superfund hazardous waste cleanup program, or receive increased appropriations to comply with the provisions of the bill.
This estimate assumes the TCEQ would receive additional appropriations to implement the program at a level equal to 10 percent of the annual revenue stream of the Battery Sales Fee, or $1.4 million per fiscal year, to implement the provisions of the bill. This estimate assumes that the TCEQ would use existing staff to administer the program and that 50 percent of the funds would be used on contracts to remediate contamination from batteries and promote recycling and innovative technology, with the remaining 50 percent passed through to local governments.
Source Agencies: | 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
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LBB Staff: | JOB, MN, ZS, TL
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