By: Stephenson, González of El Paso H.B. No. 103
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposal of pesticides.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is
amended by adding Section 76.009 to read as follows:
Sec. 76.009. PESTICIDE DISPOSAL FUND. (a) The pesticide
disposal fund is a fund in the state treasury outside the general
revenue fund. The fund consists of:
(1) money deposited to the credit of the fund under
Section 76.044; and
(2) interest earned on the investment of money in the
fund.
(b) The department shall administer the fund. Money in the
fund may be appropriated only for the purposes of the pesticide
waste and pesticide container collection activities performed
under Section 76.132.
SECTION 2. Section 76.044, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Of the money received by the department under this
section, the department shall annually deposit to the credit of the
pesticide disposal fund under Section 76.009 an amount to cover the
cost of administering the pesticide waste and pesticide container
collection activities performed under Section 76.132, not to exceed
$400,000.
SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is
amended by adding Section 76.132 to read as follows:
Sec. 76.132. DISPOSAL OF PESTICIDE. The department, in
coordination with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, shall
organize pesticide waste and pesticide container collection
activities statewide. The department and Texas A&M AgriLife
Extension Service may contract for the services of contractors that
are licensed in the disposal of hazardous waste under Section
401.202, Health and Safety Code, or other contractors to implement
the pesticide waste and pesticide container collection activities
and facilitate the collection of canceled, unregistered, or
otherwise unwanted pesticide products and pesticide containers.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.