87R11561 MP-D
By: Meza H.B. No. 3192
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition of glyphosate herbicides on the grounds
of a public or private school or institution of higher education.
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 herbicide containing
glyphosate on the grounds of a public or private school or
institution of higher education. The department may allow the
application of a herbicide containing glyphosate on the grounds of
a high school or institution of higher education only for the
purpose of producing a crop as part of an agriculture curriculum or
agricultural research.
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, 2021.