LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session February 18, 1999 TO: Honorable Tom Haywood, Chair, Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB448 by Duncan (Relating to the boll weevil eradication program.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB448, As * * Introduced: 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. * ************************************************************************** General Revenue-Related Funds, Six-Year Impact: **************************************************** * 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 * **************************************************** All Funds, Six-Year Impact: ***************************************************** * Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from * * General Revenue Fund * * 0001 * * 1999 $(25,000,000) * * 2000 0 * * 2001 0 * * 2002 0 * * 2003 0 * * 2004 0 * ***************************************************** Technology Impact None. 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 $25,000,000 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 1999 in lieu of appropriations for fiscal year 2000. Methodology Total costs for the program are estimated to be up to $50,000,000 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