LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
May 18, 2017

TO:
Honorable Charles Perry, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
 
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB2825 by Gooden (relating to the dissolution of a levee improvement district by a commissioners court.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Water Code allowing a commissioners court to dissolve a levee improvement district if  the court finds: the district has been dormant for five years, the physical boundaries of the district cannot be determined, the board of directors is not active or cannot be determined, the property owners of the district cannot be determined, or a levee partially or completely inside the boundaries of the district has been determined unacceptable from the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the district has not undertaken, attempted to undertake, or made plans to undertake reasonable efforts to address concerns of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2017.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
UP, SZ, JGA, GG, BM