LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 21, 2011

TO:	Honorable Rick Hardcastle, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1527 by Miller, Sid (Relating to the certification of the state's primary standards of weights and measures.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Agriculture Code to authorize the Department of Agriculture to submit the primary standards of weights and measures to a laboratory approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

551 Department of Agriculture

LBB Staff:

JOB, SZ, AH