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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the disposal of pesticides. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended by adding Section 76.009 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 76.009. PESTICIDE DISPOSAL FUND. (a) The pesticide |
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| 11 | 11 | | disposal fund is a fund in the state treasury outside the general |
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| 12 | 12 | | revenue fund. The fund consists of: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) money deposited to the credit of the fund under |
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| 14 | 14 | | Section 76.044; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) interest earned on the investment of money in the |
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| 16 | 16 | | fund. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The department shall administer the fund. Money in the |
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| 18 | 18 | | fund may be appropriated only for the purposes of the pesticide |
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| 19 | 19 | | waste and pesticide container collection activities performed |
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| 20 | 20 | | under Section 76.132. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 76.044, Agriculture Code, is amended by |
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| 22 | 22 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) Of the money received by the department under this |
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| 24 | 24 | | section, the department shall annually deposit to the credit of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | pesticide disposal fund under Section 76.009 an amount to cover the |
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| 26 | 26 | | cost of administering the pesticide waste and pesticide container |
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| 27 | 27 | | collection activities performed under Section 76.132, not to exceed |
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| 28 | 28 | | $400,000. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is |
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| 30 | 30 | | amended by adding Section 76.132 to read as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sec. 76.132. DISPOSAL OF PESTICIDE. The department, in |
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| 32 | 32 | | coordination with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, shall |
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| 33 | 33 | | organize pesticide waste and pesticide container collection |
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| 34 | 34 | | activities statewide. The department and Texas A&M AgriLife |
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| 35 | 35 | | Extension Service may contract for the services of contractors that |
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| 36 | 36 | | are licensed in the disposal of hazardous waste under Section |
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| 37 | 37 | | 401.202, Health and Safety Code, or other contractors to implement |
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| 38 | 38 | | the pesticide waste and pesticide container collection activities |
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| 39 | 39 | | and facilitate the collection of canceled, unregistered, or |
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| 40 | 40 | | otherwise unwanted pesticide products and pesticide containers. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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