LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 5, 2007

TO:	Honorable Rodney Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Government Organization
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB35 by Nelson (Relating to a purchasing preference for contractors who provide foods of higher nutritional value and who do not provide foods containing trans fatty acids.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill requires the Texas Building and Procurement Commission and state agencies making purchases of food for consumption in a public cafeteria to give preference to contractors who provide foods of higher nutritional value and who do not provide foods containing trans fatty acids. 

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

303 Building and Procurement Commission, 551 Department of Agriculture

LBB Staff:

JOB, MN, MS, EP