LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 3, 2025

TO:
Honorable Brian Birdwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB1758 by Birdwell (relating to the operation of a cement kiln and the production of aggregates near a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted


Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB1758, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: a negative impact of ($1,222,500) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027.

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:

Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to
General Revenue Related Funds
2026($1,222,500)
2027$0
2028$0
2029$0
2030$0

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from
General Revenue Fund
1
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2025
2026($1,222,500)4.0
2027$00.0
2028$00.0
2029$00.0
2030$00.0


Fiscal Analysis

The bill would require the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin to conduct a study that would analyze the vibrational impact of aggregate operations on semiconductor manufacturing in Grayson County. Not later than August 31, 2026, the Bureau of Economic Geology would be required to prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing legislative committee with primary jurisdiction over the environment or natural resources a report on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or other action.

The bill would prohibit the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality from issuing, renewing, or amending permits for certain production facilities within 10 miles of a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility in Grayson County until September 1, 2031.

Methodology

The Bureau of Economic Geology indicates that the study required by the bill would require the hiring of 4.0 FTEs and the purchase of equipment at a total cost of $1.2 million in fiscal year 2026. 

According to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the limitation on issuing, renewing, or amending permits for portland cement kiln operations in Grayson County may have revenue implications, but that amount cannot be determined.

Local Government Impact

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


Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 720 The University of Texas System Administration
LBB Staff:
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