LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION Revision 2 April 25, 2013 TO: Honorable Tracy O. King, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB3761 by Guerra (Relating to a feasibility report on the creation of a border agricultural inspection training program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Agriculture Code to require the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) to submit a report to certain committees of the Legislature on the feasibility of creating a program to train department employees to assist and augment federal agencies with agriculture-related import inspections. Under provisions of the bill, in the feasibility report TDA would be required to determine whether any agreements with the federal government would be required to implement an inspection program. This estimate assumes that the agency could implement the provisions of the bill within existing resources and no significant fiscal impact is anticipated. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 551 Department of Agriculture LBB Staff: UP, SZ, JP
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
Revision 2
April 25, 2013
Revision 2
Revision 2
TO: Honorable Tracy O. King, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB3761 by Guerra (Relating to a feasibility report on the creation of a border agricultural inspection training program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Tracy O. King, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3761 by Guerra (Relating to a feasibility report on the creation of a border agricultural inspection training program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Tracy O. King, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
Honorable Tracy O. King, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB3761 by Guerra (Relating to a feasibility report on the creation of a border agricultural inspection training program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB3761 by Guerra (Relating to a feasibility report on the creation of a border agricultural inspection training program.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
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 Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) to submit a report to certain committees of the Legislature on the feasibility of creating a program to train department employees to assist and augment federal agencies with agriculture-related import inspections. Under provisions of the bill, in the feasibility report TDA would be required to determine whether any agreements with the federal government would be required to implement an inspection program. This estimate assumes that the agency could implement the provisions of the bill within existing resources and no significant fiscal impact is anticipated.
Local Government Impact
No significant 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: UP, SZ, JP
UP, SZ, JP