LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 5, 2011

TO:	Honorable Wayne Smith, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB615 by Rodriguez (Relating to requiring a retail seller of motor vehicle tires to render certain tires unusable and to the regulation of scrap tires; providing civil penalties.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Business and Commerce Code to require businesses that sell tires to render certain tires unusable on a motor vehicle according to guidelines included in the bill. The bill would scrap tire transporters to file a bond with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The bill includes guidelines relating to the storage of scrap tires. The bill would create civil penalties for violations of the provisions of the bill. The bill would take effect September 1, 2011. The Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA) indicates the fiscal impact of the civil penalty and the bond provisions included in the bill cannot be determined but this analysis assumes the impact would be insignificant. No significant fiscal impact to the state is anticipated.

Local Government Impact

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

Source Agencies:

302 Office of the Attorney General, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff:

JOB, SZ, GG, ESi, KJG