BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 3026

By: Phelan

Appropriations

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties assert that the water resource management account is at risk of depletion due to expenditures exceeding revenues and that this trend is expected to continue absent a fee increase or an appropriations reduction for water programs administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality with funds from the account. C.S.H.B. 3026 seeks to provide an alternative solution by diverting funds currently deposited in the used oil recycling account into the water resource management account, transferring the balance of the former to the latter, and abolishing the used oil recycling account.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 3026, on September 1, 2017, transfers money remaining in the used oil recycling account to the water resource management account and abolishes the used oil recycling account.

C.S.H.B. 3026 amends the Health and Safety Code and the Water Code to provide for the deposit of money previously deposited in the used oil recycling account into the water resource management account and to provide for the use of that money.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2017.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 3026 differs from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways by conforming to certain bill drafting conventions.