TO: | Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee On Natural Resources |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1209 by Fraser (Relating to reporting and information availability requirements for persons impounding, diverting, or otherwise using state water; providing a penalty.), As Introduced |
Penalties associated with failure to comply with TCEQ water rights reporting requirements would be deposited to the General Revenue Fund. Although passage of the bill could result in increased penalty revenues, this estimate assumes that the per-day penalty rate would serve as an incentive for compliance. Thus, no significant revenue increase to the state is expected. Passage of the bill is not expected to result in significant costs to the TCEQ.
Source Agencies: | 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
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LBB Staff: | UP, SZ, TL
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