LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 86TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 3, 2019

TO:	Honorable Lyle Larson, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John McGeady, Assistant Director     Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2914 by Bell, Cecil (Relating to the necessity of hearings regarding the dissolution or conversion of certain conservation and reclamation districts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Water Code to authorize the Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to adopt a dissolution or conversion order for certain districts without conducting a hearing under certain circumstances.  The bill repeals a section of the Water Code as a conforming change.

Local Government Impact

According to TCEQ, the bill has a potential for cost savings to a district by avoiding additional costs associated with TCEQ hearings.

Source Agencies:

582 Commission on Environmental Quality

LBB Staff:

WP, SZ, SD, GP