TO: | Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB3975 by Hunter (Relating to a waste tire recycling program; imposing administrative and civil penalties.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2010 | ($2,168,792) |
2011 | ($1,825,792) |
2012 | ($1,825,792) |
2013 | ($1,825,792) |
2014 | ($1,825,792) |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1 |
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2010 | ($2,168,792) |
2011 | ($1,825,792) |
2012 | ($1,825,792) |
2013 | ($1,825,792) |
2014 | ($1,825,792) |
Fiscal Year | Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2009 |
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2010 | 30.0 |
2011 | 30.0 |
2012 | 30.0 |
2013 | 30.0 |
2014 | 30.0 |
This estimate assumes that the TCEQ would adopt rules to put in place a waste tire recycling program modeled on the program that the agency administered from 1992 to 1998. Based on that program, it is estimated that 30.0 FTEs would be needed for the operation and enforcement of the program, including the administration of a grant program, as was included in the original program. In addition to FTE related costs, this estimate assumes that $383,060 in grants would be provided, and in 2010, approximately $350,000 in start-up costs for computers, furniture, equipment, and vehicles would be needed. Because the bill does not provide a funding source for the program, this estimate assumes that costs would be paid from the General Revenue Fund.
Although the original program provided for a fees ranging from $2 to $3.50 per tire to be assessed and collected by the TCEQ to operate the program in the 1990s, this estimate does not assume that the agency would have authority to levy fees because the bill does not provide specific for the authority for the TCEQ to assess fees to cover costs.
Source Agencies: | 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
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LBB Staff: | JOB, ZS, TL, SD
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