LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

February 4, 2013

TO:	Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB138 by Zaffirini (Relating to procedures for filing complaints with, and providing notice of certain violations to, the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would implement recommendations in the report, "Strengthen the Board of Professional Geoscientists' Ability to Investigate Violations" in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report submitted to the Eighty-third Texas Legislature, 2013.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

481 Board of Professional Geoscientists

LBB Staff:

UP, RB, JI, MMe, NV