LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

Revision 1

April 29, 2011

TO:	Honorable Allan Ritter, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1547 by Larson (Relating to the desired future conditions of groundwater resources within groundwater management areas.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Water Code to define "desired future condition," "total estimated recoverable storage" and "modeled available groundwater" and would outline the information a groundwater conservation district should consider when determining the desired future conditions of the groundwater resources in a groundwater management area.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

580 Water Development Board, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff:

JOB, SZ, TP