Honorable Allan Ritter, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB491 by Dutton (Relating to the authority of a water and sewer utility to impose an impact fee.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Water Code to authorize a retail public utility to file an application with a regulatory authority to impose a reasonable impact fee against a customer to generate revenue or recover costs of construction or installation of water or sewer utilities as defined by the provisions of the bill.
The bill would authorize the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to modify a procedure by rule as necessary regarding the impact fee application. TCEQ reported the rate change application would have to be modified to include information on requesting a customer impact fee; however, no significant fiscal implication is anticipated.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 580 Water Development Board, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality