81R9231 SLB-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 1232
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing public awareness of the benefits of native
plant species.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 5, Business & Commerce Code, as
effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding Chapter 106 to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 106. INCREASING AWARENESS OF NATIVE PLANT SPECIES
Sec. 106.101. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "plant nursery"
means a business that sells plants to the public. The term includes
a landscaping service.
Sec. 106.102. REQUIREMENT. A plant nursery shall make
available to its customers a printed copy of the brochure developed
by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department under Section 12.0105,
Parks and Wildlife Code, that describes the benefits of native
plant species and the problems associated with invasive plant
species. The plant nursery may satisfy the requirement of this
section by posting in a conspicuous location accessible to the
nursery's customers a sign that contains the department's Internet
website address for the brochure.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 12.0105 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.0105. The department may develop and maintain on
the department's Internet website a brochure describing the
benefits of native plant species and the problems associated with
invasive plant species.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.