TO: | Honorable Rick Hardcastle, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock |
FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB338 by Aycock (Relating to disclaimers by certain entities promulgating lists of noxious or invasive terrestrial plant species.), As Introduced |
The bill would require public entities, other than the Department of Agriculture, to provide a disclaimer with any list of noxious or invasive terrestrial plant species growing in the state. The bill would also require the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules related to such a disclaimer.
The Department of Agriculture indicates that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed within the agency's existing resources.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
Source Agencies: | 551 Department of Agriculture
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LBB Staff: | JOB, SZ, AH
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