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Texas Senate Bill SR642

Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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11 By: Perry, Creighton S.R. No. 642
2- (In the Senate - Filed April 29, 2015; May 4, 2015, read
3- first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water, and
4- Rural Affairs; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following
5- vote: Yeas 4, Nays 2; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.)
6-Click here to see the committee vote
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10- WHEREAS, A sustainable agricultural system is crucial to the
11- continued production of food, feed, and fiber to meet both domestic
12- and global demand; and
5+ WHEREAS, A sustainable agricultural system is crucial to
6+ the continued production of food, feed, and fiber to meet both
7+ domestic and global demand; and
138 WHEREAS, In the United States, the agriculture and food
149 production industries employ precision farming equipment, crop
1510 protection chemistries, genetic engineering or enhancement,
1611 agricultural nutrients, and other modern technologies; such
1712 advanced practices protect the safety of the public and reduce
1813 environmental impact while expanding yields, improving
19- profitability, and ensuring an abundant and affordable food supply;
20- and
21- WHEREAS, Agricultural pests present significant dangers to
22- the industry and to global supplies of the products they attack;
23- accordingly, the environmental risks of forgoing advances in
24- agricultural technologies that protect crops are severe; excessive
25- regulation may scuttle or discourage the use of agricultural
26- chemicals that could improve human welfare; and
27- WHEREAS, Crop protection is among the most studied and highly
28- regulated of all industries, at both the state and federal levels;
29- the use of sound science should be the bedrock of our nation's
30- regulatory scheme for the agriculture and food production
31- industries, as these industries are critical to the economic
32- vitality of Texas and the United States; now, therefore, be it
14+ profitability, and ensuring an abundant and affordable food
15+ supply; and
16+ WHEREAS, Agricultural pests present significant dangers
17+ to the industry and to global supplies of the products they
18+ attack; accordingly, the environmental risks of forgoing
19+ advances in agricultural technologies that protect crops are
20+ severe; excessive regulation may scuttle or discourage the use of
21+ agricultural chemicals that could improve human welfare; and
22+ WHEREAS, Crop protection is among the most studied and
23+ highly regulated of all industries, at both the state and federal
24+ levels; the use of sound science should be the bedrock of our
25+ nation's regulatory scheme for the agriculture and food
26+ production industries, as these industries are critical to the
27+ economic vitality of Texas and the United States; now, therefore,
28+ be it
3329 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
34- Legislature, hereby express support for the use of sound science to
35- study and regulate such modern agricultural technologies as crop
36- protection chemistries, genetically engineered or enhanced traits,
37- and nutrients; and, be it further
38- RESOLVED, That the senate express opposition to legislative
39- or regulatory action at any level that may result in unnecessary
40- restrictions on the use of modern agricultural technologies; and,
41- be it further
42- RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate forward official
43- copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
44- the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
45- Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
46- members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
47- this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
48- memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
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30+ Legislature, hereby express support for the use of sound science
31+ to study and regulate such modern agricultural technologies as
32+ crop protection chemistries, genetically engineered or enhanced
33+ traits, and nutrients; and, be it further
34+ RESOLVED, That the senate express opposition to
35+ legislative or regulatory action at any level that may result in
36+ unnecessary restrictions on the use of modern agricultural
37+ technologies; and, be it further
38+ RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate forward
39+ official copies of this resolution to the president of the United
40+ States, to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the
41+ House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and to
42+ all the members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the
43+ request that this resolution be entered in the Congressional
44+ Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of
45+ America.
46+ _______________________________
47+ President of the Senate
48+ I hereby certify that the
49+ above Resolution was adopted by
50+ the Senate on May 22, 2015, by the
51+ following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8.
52+ _______________________________
53+ Secretary of the Senate