H.B. No. 1371
AN ACT
relating to the continuation of the Trade Agricultural Inspection
Grant Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 12.050(k) and (l), Agriculture Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(k) Not later than January 15, 2025 [2021], the department
shall evaluate the performance of the program under this section
and submit a report to the legislature. The report must include an
evaluation of agricultural inspections affected by the program,
including the extent to which the program is reducing wait times for
agricultural inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the
border with the United Mexican States.
(l) Unless continued in existence by the legislature, this
section expires September 1, 2025 [2021].
SECTION 2. The Department of Agriculture is required to
implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
purpose, the department may, but is not required to, implement a
provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
purpose.
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, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1371 was passed by the House on April
21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 14, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1371 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 21,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1371 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor