LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 14, 2013

TO:	Honorable Allan Ritter, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3605 by Burnam (Relating to the evaluation by the Texas Water Development Board of applications for financial assistance for certain retail public utilities.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would partially implement a recommendation from the report "Enhance State Participation in Municipal Water Conservation" in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report, submitted to the Eighty-third Texas Legislature, 2013.

 

The bill would require that if the system water loss of a certain utility applying to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) for financial assistance exceed 15 percent annually, TWDB may require that a portion of financial assistance awarded be used to mitigate the system water loss or award additional financial assistance for that purpose. TWDB reports this would not have a fiscal impact.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

580 Water Development Board

LBB Staff:

UP, SZ, JI, PM