Honorable Tom Craddick, Chair, House Committee on Land & Resource Management
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1510 by Schwertner (Relating to the apportionment of infrastructure costs in regard to certain property development projects.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to modify the process and procedures by which a municipality or county may apportion infrastructure costs as a condition of approval for a development project.
Local Government Impact
According to the Texas Municipal League, the bill provides that regulations in an extraterritorial jurisdiction are subject to the legal test of rough proportionality. The bill could result in additional costs incurred as a result of litigation, but the exact amount cannot be determined.
According to the Texas Association of Counties, the bill could result in additional costs to counties incurred as a result of litigation, but the exact amount cannot be determined.