By: Anderson, Guillen, Morales of Maverick, H.B. No. 3688
Lozano, González of El Paso, et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of the identity of certain
landowners who participate in a State Soil and Water Conservation
Board program to manage or eradicate an invasive species.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 201, Agriculture Code, is
amended by adding Section 201.007 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.007. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PARTICIPANTS IN INVASIVE
SPECIES ERADICATION PROGRAMS. (a) Except as provided by
Subsection (b), information written, produced, collected,
assembled, or maintained by the state board that would identify a
landowner who participates in a state board program to manage or
eradicate an invasive species is confidential and not subject to
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the disclosure of the
identity of a person who receives a direct payment of state money
under a contract with the state board to manage or eradicate an
invasive species.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.