Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 634
	1	+	By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 634
	2	+	(Anderson)
2	3
3	4
	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the confidentiality of the identity of certain
6	8		landowners who participate in a State Soil and Water Conservation
7	9		Board program to manage or eradicate an invasive species.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 201, Agriculture Code, is
10	12		amended by adding Section 201.007 to read as follows:
11	13		Sec. 201.007. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PARTICIPANTS IN INVASIVE
12	14		SPECIES ERADICATION PROGRAMS. (a) Except as provided by
13	15		Subsection (b), information written, produced, collected,
14	16		assembled, or maintained by the state board that would identify a
15	17		landowner who participates in a state board program to manage or
16	18		eradicate an invasive species is confidential and not subject to
17	19		disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
18	20		(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the identity of a
19	21		person who receives a direct payment of state money under a contract
20	22		with the state board to manage or eradicate an invasive species.
21	23		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
22		-	______________________________ ______________________________
23		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
24		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 634 passed the Senate on
25		-	April 9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
26		-	______________________________
27		-	Secretary of the Senate
28		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 634 passed the House on
29		-	May 11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, two
30		-	present not voting.
31		-	______________________________
32		-	Chief Clerk of the House
33		-	Approved:
34		-	______________________________
35		-	Date
36		-	______________________________
37		-	Governor