CSSB 1 is amended as follows:
1. On page VI-10 of the Department of Agriculture bill pattern in CSSB 1, add Subsection (d) to Rider 25, Appropriations Limited to Revenue Collections: Cost Recovery Programs:
d. The following actions are contingent on enactment of HB572, or similar legislation relating to the establishment of the pesticide disposal fund and a pesticide waste and pesticide container collection program to be administered by the Department of Agriculture, by the Eighty-Fifth Legislature, Regular Session, 2017:
i. Subsection (a)(5) of this rider has no effect, and is replaced by the following: Strategy B.2.1, Regulated Pesticide Use: Direct costs for the Agricultural Pesticide Regulation (Agriculture Code, Ch. 76), Organic Certification (Agriculture Code, Ch.18), and Prescribed Burn (Natural Resources Code, Ch. 153) cost recovery programs are estimated to be $4,511,101 in fiscal year 2018 and $4,510,394 in fiscal year 2019 and "other direct and indirect costs" are estimated to be $1,098,255 for fiscal year 2018 and $1,124,591 for fiscal year 2019 (Revenue Object Codes: 3400, 3404, 3410, and 3414). In addition, amounts from the pesticide disposal fund for the disposal of pesticides total $400,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $400,000 in fiscal year 2019.
ii. The informational purposes text in the second paragraph of Section (a) of this rider has no effect, and is replaced by the following: For informational purposes, total amounts identified for strategies in this subsection from fee generated general revenue total $19,387,816 in fiscal year 2018 and $19,677,172 in fiscal year 2019 for direct costs and indirect administration and $5,998,335 in fiscal year 2018 and $6,154,618 in fiscal year 2019 for "other direct and indirect costs". In addition, amounts from the pesticide disposal fund total $400,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $400,000 in fiscal year 2019.
iii. Amounts appropriated above in Strategy B.2.1, Regulated Pesticide Use, out of the general revenue fund are reduced by $400,000 each fiscal year and amounts out of the pesticide disposal fund are increased by $400,000 each fiscal year contingent on the transfer required in HB572, or similar legislation. The Department of Agriculture may temporarily utilize additional general revenue funds in an amount not to exceed $400,000 each fiscal year from projected revenues from fees collected under Section 76.044, Agriculture Code for the required transfer to the pesticide disposal fund at the beginning of each fiscal year. These funds shall be utilized only for the purpose of temporary cash flow needs. The transfer and reimbursement of funds shall be made under procedures established by the Comptroller of Public Accounts to ensure all borrowed funds are reimbursed to the Treasury on or before August 31st each fiscal year. Appropriations from the pesticide disposal fund shall be used to implement the provisions of the enacted legislation relating to the disposal of pesticides.
iv. The text in the third paragraph of Section (a) has no effect and is replaced with the following: These appropriations are contingent upon the Department of Agriculture (TDA) assessing fees sufficient to generate revenue to cover the general revenue and pesticide disposal fund appropriations for each strategy as well as the related "other direct and indirect costs". In the event that actual and/or projected revenue collections in strategies above are insufficient to offset the costs identified by this provision, the Legislative Budget Board may direct that the Comptroller of Public Accounts reduce the appropriation authority provided above to the affected strategy to be within the amount of revenue expected to be available.