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| 1 | 1 | 86R11677 SOS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2061 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a prohibition on the application of certain pesticides | |
| 8 | 8 | at public school buildings and other facilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 1951.212(c), Occupations Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) The department shall include in standards adopted under | |
| 13 | 13 | this section a: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) requirement to use the least toxic methods | |
| 15 | 15 | available to control pests, rodents, insects, and weeds; and | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) prohibition on the application of glyphosate or a | |
| 17 | 17 | neonicotinoid pesticide at a school building or other school | |
| 18 | 18 | district facility. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The Department of Agriculture shall adopt | |
| 20 | 20 | standards under Section 1951.212(c), Occupations Code, as amended | |
| 21 | 21 | by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |