LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
February 28, 1995
TO: Honorable Bill Sims, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 700
Committee on Natural Resources By: Sims
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
700 (Relating to the registration of pesticides.) this office has
determined the following:
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
The bill would amend provisions relating to the registration of
pesticides by allowing pesticide registration renewals to take
place on a biennial rather than an annual basis. The bill would
also change the amount of the fee for each pesticide registered
from $100 to $200. These proposed amendments could result in
lower administrative costs to the Department of Agriculture.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Savings Change in
Year to the General Number of State
Revenue Fund 001 Employees from
FY 1995
1996 $0 .0
1997 6,189 .0
1998 44,065 (1.0)
1999 44,065 (1.0)
2000 44,065 (1.0)
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts, Department of
Agriculture
LBB Staff: JK, JH, DF