LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 14, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Natural Resources
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB 1304 by Brown, J. E. "Buster" (relating to the control
               of aflatoxin), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  SB1304, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted:  positive impact     *
*  of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2001.                    *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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          *  Fiscal Year  Probable Net Positive/(Negative)   *
          *               Impact to General Revenue Related  *
          *                             Funds                *
          *       2000                                   $0  *
          *       2001                                    0  *
          *       2002                                    0  *
          *       2003                                    0  *
          *       2004                                    0  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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*Fiscal        Probable         Probable Revenue    Change in Number of  *
* Year    Savings/(Cost) from   Gain/(Loss) from   State Employees from  *
*          Feed Control Fund    Feed Control Fund         FY 1999        *
*                0058                 0058                               *
*  2000             $(200,000)              $95,000                  4.0 *
*  2001              (200,000)               95,000                  4.0 *
*  2002              (200,000)               95,000                  4.0 *
*  2003              (200,000)               95,000                  4.0 *
*  2004              (200,000)               95,000                  4.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The Texas Feed and Fertilizer Control Service would establish by rule
aflatoxin contamination levels considered safe for whole seed and whole
grain offered for retail sale for wildlife feed.
  
  
Methodology
  
The largest part of revenues collected would come from increased tonnage
fees in the amount of 17 cents per ton.  A lesser portion of revenues
would come from amounts accrued associated with the increase in the
number of licenses.  Existing regulatory funds (from the Feed Control
Fund) would cover the remainder of costs incurred.  Four additional FTEs
would be required to handle investigation, sampling, and label review
activities.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   556   Agricultural Experiment Station Texas
LBB Staff:         JK, DE, LD, KC