LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 15, 2009 TO: Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1871 by Hegar (Relating to the management of volunteer and other noncommercial cotton in pest management zones.), As Engrossed No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Agriculture Code to require the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation to conduct a study of the effects of incomplete stalk destruction and volunteer cotton control on boll weevil eradication activities, and submit recommendations for a cotton stalk destruction deadline for each pest management zone to the Department of Agriculture (TDA). The bill would require TDA to set a cotton stalk destruction deadline for each pest management zone based on the foundations recommendations. The bill would require TDA to establish and collect a hostable cotton fee for fields in which hostable cotton stalks, hostable volunteer cotton, or other hostable noncommercial cotton remains past the stalk destruction deadline for the applicable pest management zone. All hostable cotton fees would be deposited in an account established for the treatment of cotton until the cotton is rendered nonhostable and for other expenses incident to boll weevil eradication. This legislation would do one or more of the following: create or recreate a dedicated account in the General Revenue Fund, create or recreate a special or trust fund either with or outside of the Treasury, or create a dedicated revenue source. The fund, account, or revenue dedication included in this bill would be subject to funds consolidation review by the current Legislature. Revenue would be generated by the bill, but the Comptroller of Public Accounts indicates that this amount cannot be determined. TDA indicates that it could absorb the costs associated with the bill within its current resources. The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house; otherwise it would take effect September 1, 2009. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 551 Department of Agriculture LBB Staff: JOB, SZ, AH, SD
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 15, 2009
TO: Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1871 by Hegar (Relating to the management of volunteer and other noncommercial cotton in pest management zones.), As Engrossed
TO: Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1871 by Hegar (Relating to the management of volunteer and other noncommercial cotton in pest management zones.), As Engrossed
Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1871 by Hegar (Relating to the management of volunteer and other noncommercial cotton in pest management zones.), As Engrossed
SB1871 by Hegar (Relating to the management of volunteer and other noncommercial cotton in pest management zones.), As Engrossed
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Agriculture Code to require the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation to conduct a study of the effects of incomplete stalk destruction and volunteer cotton control on boll weevil eradication activities, and submit recommendations for a cotton stalk destruction deadline for each pest management zone to the Department of Agriculture (TDA). The bill would require TDA to set a cotton stalk destruction deadline for each pest management zone based on the foundations recommendations. The bill would require TDA to establish and collect a hostable cotton fee for fields in which hostable cotton stalks, hostable volunteer cotton, or other hostable noncommercial cotton remains past the stalk destruction deadline for the applicable pest management zone. All hostable cotton fees would be deposited in an account established for the treatment of cotton until the cotton is rendered nonhostable and for other expenses incident to boll weevil eradication. This legislation would do one or more of the following: create or recreate a dedicated account in the General Revenue Fund, create or recreate a special or trust fund either with or outside of the Treasury, or create a dedicated revenue source. The fund, account, or revenue dedication included in this bill would be subject to funds consolidation review by the current Legislature. Revenue would be generated by the bill, but the Comptroller of Public Accounts indicates that this amount cannot be determined. TDA indicates that it could absorb the costs associated with the bill within its current resources. The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house; otherwise it would take effect September 1, 2009.
The bill would amend the Agriculture Code to require the Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation to conduct a study of the effects of incomplete stalk destruction and volunteer cotton control on boll weevil eradication activities, and submit recommendations for a cotton stalk destruction deadline for each pest management zone to the Department of Agriculture (TDA). The bill would require TDA to set a cotton stalk destruction deadline for each pest management zone based on the foundations recommendations. The bill would require TDA to establish and collect a hostable cotton fee for fields in which hostable cotton stalks, hostable volunteer cotton, or other hostable noncommercial cotton remains past the stalk destruction deadline for the applicable pest management zone. All hostable cotton fees would be deposited in an account established for the treatment of cotton until the cotton is rendered nonhostable and for other expenses incident to boll weevil eradication.
This legislation would do one or more of the following: create or recreate a dedicated account in the General Revenue Fund, create or recreate a special or trust fund either with or outside of the Treasury, or create a dedicated revenue source. The fund, account, or revenue dedication included in this bill would be subject to funds consolidation review by the current Legislature.
Revenue would be generated by the bill, but the Comptroller of Public Accounts indicates that this amount cannot be determined.
TDA indicates that it could absorb the costs associated with the bill within its current resources.
The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house; otherwise it would take effect September 1, 2009.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 551 Department of Agriculture
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 551 Department of Agriculture
LBB Staff: JOB, SZ, AH, SD
JOB, SZ, AH, SD