Honorable Mike Jackson, Chair, Senate Committee on S/C on Agriculture & Coastal Resources
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1428 by Duncan (Relating to the establishment of a statewide maintenance program for boll weevil and pink bollworm eradication. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill establishes a statewide maintenance program for boll weevil and pink bollworm eradication and provides that the Commissioner of Agriculture may impose a fee on all cotton grown in a maintenance area.The legislation, however, directs that this fee revenue be forwarded to the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation. The bill will not have a significant fiscal impact on the state contribution to this foundation.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.