LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 1, 2017

TO:	Honorable John Zerwas, Chair, House Committee on Appropriations
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2745 by Bonnen, Greg (Relating to the preparation of government growth impact statements for rules proposed by state agencies.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Chapter 2001, Government Code, to require a state agency to prepare a government growth impact statement for a proposed rule. The bill would specify information to be included in the impact statements. The bill would require the Comptroller of Public Accounts to adopt rules relating to the impact statements not later than October 1, 2017. A state agency would be required to incorporate the impact statement into the notice of the proposed rule required under Section 2001.024. The requirements of the bill would apply to proposed rules for which notice is filed with the Secretary of State on or after November 1, 2017. Based on the analyses of several agencies, it is assumed that any costs to implement provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 313 Department of Information Resources, 360 State Office of Administrative Hearings, 451 Department of Banking, 458 Alcoholic Beverage Commission, 515 Board of Pharmacy, 551 Department of Agriculture, 307 Secretary of State, 405 Department of Public Safety, 452 Department of Licensing and Regulation, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff:

UP, KK, NV, LCO, CL