LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 19, 2011

TO:	Honorable Allan Ritter, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2250 by Bonnen (Relating to the abolition of the Coastal Coordination Council and the transfer of its functions to the General Land Office.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill is the Sunset legislation for the Coastal Coordination Council, which will be abolished on September 1, 2011, unless continued by the Legislature.

The bill contains the following Sunset Commission recommendations: it abolishes the Council and assigns its functions to the General Land Office (GLO) and the Land Commissioner; it would require the Land Commissioner to establish a Coastal Coordination Advisory Committee and specify its membership; and it would the Land Commissioner to evaluate the Permitting Assistance Group’s functions, membership, and usefulness. The bill would also require that the Land Commissioner refer requests for reviews of consistency determinations to the Attorney General.

Because the GLO currently provides staffing and other administrative support for the Council, and because relatively few cases would be expected to be referred to the Attorney General, no significant fiscal impact to the state is expected as a result of the bill's passage. 

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

302 Office of the Attorney General, 305 General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board, 116 Sunset Advisory Commission

LBB Staff:

JOB, SZ, ZS, TL, KM