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1		-	H.B. No. 2155
	1	+	By: Guerra, et al. H.B. No. 2155
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Lucio, Hinojosa)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2019;
	4	+	May 13, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	5	+	Intergovernmental Relations; May 15, 2019, reported adversely,
	6	+	with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4,
	7	+	Nays 3; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
	8	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	9	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2155 By: Lucio
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	12	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	13		AN ACT
5	14		relating to a grant program to reduce wait times for agricultural
6	15		inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the Texas-Mexico
7	16		border.
8	17		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	18		SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by
10	19		adding Section 12.050 to read as follows:
11	20		Sec. 12.050. TRADE AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION GRANT PROGRAM.
12	21		(a) Using money appropriated for this purpose or money received
13	22		under Subsection (g), the department may make a grant to a nonprofit
14	23		organization for the purpose of promoting the agricultural
15	24		processing industry in this state by reducing wait times for
16	25		agricultural inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the
17	26		border with the United Mexican States.
18	27		(b) The department shall request proposals for the award of
19	28		a grant under this section. The department shall evaluate the
20	29		proposals and award a grant based on the proposed program's
21	30		quantifiable effectiveness and the potentially positive impact on
22	31		the agricultural processing industry in this state.
23	32		(c) A grant awarded under this section must be made to an
24	33		organization that has demonstrated experience working with border
25	34		inspection authorities to reduce border crossing wait times.
26	35		(d) A grant recipient may use grant money received under
27	36		this section only to pay for activities directly related to the
28	37		purpose of the grant program as described by Subsection (a). A
29	38		grant recipient may use grant money to reimburse a federal
30	39		governmental agency that, at the request of the grant recipient,
31	40		provides additional border agricultural inspectors or pays
32	41		overtime to border agricultural inspectors at ports of entry along
33	42		the border with the United Mexican States.
34	43		(e) The department shall establish procedures to administer
35	44		the grant program, including a procedure for the submission of a
36	45		proposal and a procedure to be used by the department to evaluate a
37	46		proposal.
38	47		(f) The department shall enter into a contract that includes
39	48		performance requirements with each grant recipient. The department
40	49		shall monitor and enforce the terms of the contract. The contract
41	50		must authorize the department to recoup grant money from a grant
42	51		recipient for failure of the grant recipient to comply with the
43	52		terms of the contract.
44	53		(g) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and
45	54		donations from any source for the purpose of awarding grants under
46	55		this section.
47	56		(h) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a
48	57		nonprofit organization must provide matching funds. The department
49	58		may not award a grant to a nonprofit organization until the
50	59		department certifies that the nonprofit organization has the
51	60		matching funds. The amount of the grant may not exceed the amount
52	61		of matching funds. The department may not require a nonprofit
53	62		organization to provide matching funds in an amount that exceeds
54	63		the amount of the grant.
55	64		(i) The total amount of grants awarded under this section
56	65		may not exceed $725,000 for the duration of the program.
57	66		(j) The department may adopt any rules necessary to
58	67		implement this section.
59	68		(k) Not later than January 15, 2021, the department shall
60	69		evaluate the performance of the program under this section and
61	70		submit a report to the legislature. The report must include an
62	71		evaluation of agricultural inspections affected by the program,
63	72		including the extent to which the program is reducing wait times for
64	73		agricultural inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the
65	74		border with the United Mexican States.
66	75		(l) Unless continued in existence by the legislature, this
67	76		section expires September 1, 2021.
68	77		SECTION 2. The Department of Agriculture is required to
69	78		implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature
70	79		appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
71	80		legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
72	81		purpose, the department may, but is not required to, implement a
73	82		provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
74	83		purpose.
75	84		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
76		-	______________________________ ______________________________
77		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
78		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2155 was passed by the House on May 9,
79		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 95, Nays 39, 4 present, not
80		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
81		-	No. 2155 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 35,
82		-	2 present, not voting.
83		-	______________________________
84		-	Chief Clerk of the House
85		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2155 was passed by the Senate, with
86		-	amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays
87		-	12.
88		-	______________________________
89		-	Secretary of the Senate
90		-	APPROVED: __________________
91		-	Date
92		-	__________________
93		-	Governor
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