LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 28, 2015 TO: Honorable Charles Schwertner, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB339 by Eltife (Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis and the regulation of related organizations and individuals; requiring a dispensing organization to obtain a license to dispense low-THC cannabis and any employee of a dispensing organization to obtain a registration; authorizing fees.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. This bill would amend the Health and Safety and Occupation Codes to establish a legal structurewhereby qualified patients may lawfully be prescribed low-THC cannabis for certain medicalpurposes.The bill would authorize the director of the Department of Public Safety to impose fees sufficientto cover the cost of implementing the provisions of the bill. The Comptroller has indicated thatneither the number of fee-paying participants nor the fee structure created by the Department ofPublic Safety are known. However, the Department of State Health Services has noted that the billwould be aimed at a narrow group of individuals. As such, it is assumed the bill would result in apositive, but minimal, revenue impact.It is assumed any costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbedwithin existing resources. Local Government Impact The bill would stipulate a municipality, county, or other political subdivision may not enact,adopt, or enforce a rule, ordinance, order, resolution, or other regulation that prohibits thecultivation, production, dispensing, of possession of low-THC cannabis, as specified in the bill.Since the Department of State Health Services has noted that the bill would be aimed at a narrowgroup of individuals, it is assumed the bill would not have fiscal significance to units of localgovernment. Source Agencies:304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 537 State Health Services, Department of LBB Staff: UP, NB, AI, JAW, KVe
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 28, 2015
TO: Honorable Charles Schwertner, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB339 by Eltife (Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis and the regulation of related organizations and individuals; requiring a dispensing organization to obtain a license to dispense low-THC cannabis and any employee of a dispensing organization to obtain a registration; authorizing fees.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Charles Schwertner, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB339 by Eltife (Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis and the regulation of related organizations and individuals; requiring a dispensing organization to obtain a license to dispense low-THC cannabis and any employee of a dispensing organization to obtain a registration; authorizing fees.), As Introduced
Honorable Charles Schwertner, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
Honorable Charles Schwertner, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB339 by Eltife (Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis and the regulation of related organizations and individuals; requiring a dispensing organization to obtain a license to dispense low-THC cannabis and any employee of a dispensing organization to obtain a registration; authorizing fees.), As Introduced
SB339 by Eltife (Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis and the regulation of related organizations and individuals; requiring a dispensing organization to obtain a license to dispense low-THC cannabis and any employee of a dispensing organization to obtain a registration; authorizing fees.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
This bill would amend the Health and Safety and Occupation Codes to establish a legal structurewhereby qualified patients may lawfully be prescribed low-THC cannabis for certain medicalpurposes.The bill would authorize the director of the Department of Public Safety to impose fees sufficientto cover the cost of implementing the provisions of the bill. The Comptroller has indicated thatneither the number of fee-paying participants nor the fee structure created by the Department ofPublic Safety are known. However, the Department of State Health Services has noted that the billwould be aimed at a narrow group of individuals. As such, it is assumed the bill would result in apositive, but minimal, revenue impact.It is assumed any costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbedwithin existing resources.
Local Government Impact
The bill would stipulate a municipality, county, or other political subdivision may not enact,adopt, or enforce a rule, ordinance, order, resolution, or other regulation that prohibits thecultivation, production, dispensing, of possession of low-THC cannabis, as specified in the bill.Since the Department of State Health Services has noted that the bill would be aimed at a narrowgroup of individuals, it is assumed the bill would not have fiscal significance to units of localgovernment.
Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 537 State Health Services, Department of
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 537 State Health Services, Department of
LBB Staff: UP, NB, AI, JAW, KVe
UP, NB, AI, JAW, KVe