Bill Text: TX HB4118 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relating to programs and fees administered by the Department of Agriculture

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Agriculture & Livestock [HB4118 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB4118-Introduced.html

---

By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 4118

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to programs and fees administered by the Department of
Agriculture
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.0144, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 12.0144. FEE SCHEDULE; LIMIT ON INCREASE. (a)
The
department shall by rule adopt a schedule for all fees set by the
department under this code. Except for those activities exempted
in the General Appropriations Act, the department shall set fees in
an amount which offsets, when feasible, the direct and indirect
state costs of administering its regulatory activities.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may not in
a state fiscal year increase any fee set by the department by an
amount that exceeds 10 percent of the amount of the fee at the end of
the preceding state fiscal year.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.