86R4111 BEF-D
By: Farrar H.B. No. 2483
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition of certain pesticides on public road
rights-of-way.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 76.101, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The department, by appropriate means under this
chapter, shall prohibit the application of a neonicotinoid
pesticide to the right-of-way of a public road or highway.
SECTION 2. The Department of Agriculture shall implement
Section 76.101(e), Agriculture Code, as added by this Act, not
later than the 90th day after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.