Honorable Geanie Morrison, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3590 by Krause (Relating to the adoption of state rules and the submission of the state implementation plan to comply with certain rules under Section 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would prohibit the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Public Utility Commission (PUC), or other state agency from adopting a final rule or submitting a state implementation plan to comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rules under Section 111(d) of the federal Clean Air Act if the federal rules give EPA authority to regulate a person, entity, or activity that EPA did not regulate on January 1, 2015.
TCEQ and PUC both report that implementation of the bill's provisions would not result in significant costs to each of the respective agencies.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
473 Public Utility Commission of Texas, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality