LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 15, 2009

TO:	Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1684 by Brown, Betty (Relating to the creation and administration of the rural veterinarian loan repayment program.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Government Code to create a rural veterinarian loan repayment program in the Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA).  The bill states that ORCA shall adopt rules to implement this program. 

Based on information provided by ORCA, this analysis assumes that costs necessary to implement the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.  In addition, this analysis does not consider an amount of funds that the Legislature may choose to appropriate to ORCA for the purposes of loan repayments to implement the provisions of the bill.  

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

357 Office of Rural Community Affairs

LBB Staff:

JOB, WK, MW, CH