LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 20, 2011

TO:	Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1914 by Smith, Wayne (Relating to financial assurance required for certain commercial or municipal solid waste facilities by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to adopt rules to require additional financial assurance for a commercial solid waste facility, including permittees or registrants who collect, transport, or process grease trap waste or grit trap waste, if the facility treats or processes liquid waste or industrial nonhazardous waste and meets other prescribed conditions. 

Passage of the bill is not expected to result in a significant impact to the TCEQ's workload.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff:

JOB, SZ, TL