Honorable Harvey Hilderbran, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2280 by Eiland (Relating to the composition of the permanent advisory committee to advise the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding the implementation of the ad valorem tax exemption for pollution control property.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require that at least one of the Tax Relief for Pollution Control Property Advisory Committee members be a representative of a school district or a junior college district in which property is or was previously subject to a property tax exemption under Tax Code, §11.31. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) would be required to appoint the new member(s) as soon as practicable after the act becomes law on September 1, 2011 or immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house.
Passage of the bill is not expected to have a significant fiscal impact on the TCEQ.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.