Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB590 Introduced / Bill

Filed 11/14/2022

                    88R739 MP-D
 By: Bailes H.B. No. 590


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the labeling and sale of Texas honey.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 131, Agriculture Code, is
 amended by adding Section 131.085 to read as follows:
 Sec. 131.085.  USE OF "TEXAS HONEY" ON LABEL. A person may
 not label, sell, or keep, offer, or expose for sale a product
 identified on its label as "Texas honey" unless the product
 consists exclusively of honey produced from apiaries in Texas.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.