S.B. No. 634
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 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 634 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 634 passed the House on
May 11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor