By: Uresti S.B. No. 1734
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 24, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water, and
Rural Affairs; April 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eradication of Carrizo cane along the Rio Grande
River.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 201, Agriculture Code, is
amended by adding Section 201.0225 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.0225. CARRIZO CANE ERADICATION PROGRAM. The state
board shall develop and implement a program to eradicate Carrizo
cane along the Rio Grande River.
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, 2015.
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