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1		-	H.B. No. 191
	1	+	By: Stephenson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 191
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
	3	+	April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
	4	+	Rural Affairs; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 5, Nays 1; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the disposal of pesticides.
6	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	13		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is
8	14		amended by adding Section 76.009 to read as follows:
9	15		Sec. 76.009. PESTICIDE DISPOSAL FUND. (a) The pesticide
10	16		disposal fund is a fund in the state treasury outside the general
11	17		revenue fund. The fund consists of:
12	18		(1) money deposited to the credit of the fund under
13	19		Section 76.044; and
14	20		(2) interest earned on the investment of money in the
15	21		fund.
16	22		(b) The department shall administer the fund. Money in the
17	23		fund may be appropriated only for the purposes of the pesticide
18	24		waste and pesticide container collection activities performed
19	25		under Section 76.132.
20	26		SECTION 2. Section 76.044, Agriculture Code, is amended by
21	27		adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
22	28		(c) Of the money received by the department under this
23	29		section, the department shall annually deposit to the credit of the
24	30		pesticide disposal fund under Section 76.009 an amount to cover the
25	31		cost of administering the pesticide waste and pesticide container
26	32		collection activities performed under Section 76.132, not to exceed
27	33		$400,000. The department may not increase the amount of a fee under
28	34		this section for purposes of this subsection or Section 76.132.
29	35		SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is
30	36		amended by adding Section 76.132 to read as follows:
31	37		Sec. 76.132. DISPOSAL OF PESTICIDE. The department, in
32	38		coordination with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and
33	39		the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, shall organize pesticide
34	40		waste and pesticide container collection activities statewide. The
35	41		department, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the
36	42		Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service may contract for the services
37	43		of contractors that are licensed in the disposal of hazardous waste
38	44		under Section 401.202, Health and Safety Code, or other contractors
39	45		to implement the pesticide waste and pesticide container collection
40	46		activities and facilitate the collection of canceled,
41	47		unregistered, or otherwise unwanted pesticide products and
42	48		pesticide containers.
43		-	SECTION 4. The Texas Department of Agriculture is required
44		-	to implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature
45		-	appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
46		-	legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
47		-	purpose, the department may, but is not required to, implement a
48		-	provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
49		-	purpose.
50		-	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
51		-	______________________________ ______________________________
52		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
53		-	I certify that H.B. No. 191 was passed by the House on April
54		-	17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 11, 2 present, not
55		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
56		-	No. 191 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 16,
57		-	2 present, not voting.
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Chief Clerk of the House
60		-	I certify that H.B. No. 191 was passed by the Senate, with
61		-	amendments, on May 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays
62		-	6.
63		-	______________________________
64		-	Secretary of the Senate
65		-	APPROVED: __________________
66		-	Date
67		-	__________________
68		-	Governor
	49	+	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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