LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 4, 2003

TO:	Honorable Rick Hardcastle, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1398 by Swinford (Relating to procedures for arbitration of seed performance disputes.), Committee Report 1st House, As Amended

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

This bill specifies that if a purchaser of seed submits a claim to arbitration based on seed defects, the purchaser must submit the claim no later than 10 days after the date the defects were discovered.  

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:	212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 551 Department of Agriculture
LBB Staff:	JK, CL, MS, JF