| TO: | Honorable Allan Ritter, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources |
| FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2962 by Bohac (Relating to the revocation or amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for water or sewer service.), As Introduced |
The bill would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to revoke a certificate of convenience and necessity within 60 days after receipt of a petition signed by at least 60 percent of the customers in a geographic area. The bill specifies that decertification would be made without compensation to the certificate holder.
No significant fiscal implications are anticipated for the TCEQ.
The bill would have a significant negative fiscal impact on publicly owned utilities in such areas; however, areas in which a petition is not filed with 60 percent of customers' signatures would not experience a fiscal impact. Therefore impact to units of local government would vary depending on whether or not a petition was filed as prescribed by the provisions of the bill.
| Source Agencies: | 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, SZ, TL, KKR
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