Texas 2011 82nd Regular

Texas House Bill HB2791 Introduced / Bill

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                    82R3630 TRH-D
 By: Hunter H.B. No. 2791


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the date by which a pest management zone may request an
 extension of the cotton stalk destruction deadline.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 74.0032(b), Agriculture Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (b)  If adverse weather conditions or other good cause
 exists, the administrative committee that governs the applicable
 pest management zone may request that the department grant an
 extension of the cotton stalk destruction deadline for any
 specified part of the pest management zone or for the entire pest
 management zone.  A request under this subsection must be made
 within the period specified by department rule [not later than 10
 business days before the applicable cotton stalk destruction
 deadline].  A field is not subject to a hostable cotton fee if the
 department grants an extension of the deadline.  The Texas Boll
 Weevil Eradication Foundation shall submit to the department an
 estimate of the amount by which an extension under this subsection
 will increase the cost of administering the boll weevil eradication
 program.
 SECTION 2.  The change in law made by Section 74.0032,
 Agriculture Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a request
 for an extension made on or after the effective date of this Act. A
 request for an extension made before the effective date of this Act
 is subject to the law in effect on that date, and that law is
 continued in effect for that purpose.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.