LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
March 16, 1999
TO: Honorable David Swinford, Chair, House Committee on
Agriculture & Livestock
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB448 by Duncan (relating to the boll weevil eradication
program), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* SB448, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted: negative impact *
* of $(25,000,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2001. *
* *
* The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal *
* basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of *
* the bill. *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Six-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 1999 $(25,000,000) *
* 2000 0 *
* 2001 0 *
* 2002 0 *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
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All Funds, Six-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from *
* General Revenue Fund *
* 0001 *
* 1999 $(25,000,000) *
* 2000 0 *
* 2001 0 *
* 2002 0 *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would create a cost-sharing program to eradicate the boll weevil
and pink bollworm which would be administered by the Commissioner of the
Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA).
The Senate Emergency Appropriations Bill (Senate Bill 472) includes $25
million from the General Revenue Fund to the TDA to pay costs and
expenses related to the eradication of cotton pests for the current
fiscal year.
Methodology
Total costs for the program are estimated to be up to $50 million for the
2000-01 biennium. A fifty-percent state share is assumed.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JK, DE, TT