LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 29, 2011

TO:
Honorable Rick Hardcastle, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
 
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB893 by Whitmire (Relating to motor fuel quality and testing.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would give the Department of Agriculture (TDA) the authority to request documentation related to the delivery of motor fuel; authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture (Commissioner) to establish, by rule, documentation and reporting requirements related to motor fuel; authorize TDA to adopt rules necessary to bring about uniformity between the motor fuel standards established under the Agriculture Code and nationally recognized standards; authorize TDA to mark motor fuel dispensers that violate the Agriculture Code to be as “Out of Order;” and, would modify administrative penalty amounts for violations related to the regulation of motor fuels.

Based on information provided by the Department of Agriculture, it is anticipated 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:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 551 Department of Agriculture
LBB Staff:
JOB, SZ, AH