| 1 | 1 | | 89R4227 MP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 1276 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a study of this state's response to plant disease or |
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| 10 | 10 | | pest outbreaks. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. STUDY. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service |
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| 13 | 13 | | shall conduct a study to evaluate this state's response to plant |
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| 14 | 14 | | disease or pest outbreaks, including how this state identifies or |
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| 15 | 15 | | is notified of an outbreak and this state's capabilities for |
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| 16 | 16 | | handling and containing an outbreak. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2026, the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service shall submit a report on the |
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| 19 | 19 | | results of the study required to be conducted under this Act to the |
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| 20 | 20 | | governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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| 21 | 21 | | representatives, each member of the legislature, and the |
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| 22 | 22 | | commissioner of agriculture. The report must include |
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| 23 | 23 | | recommendations for improving this state's current system of |
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| 24 | 24 | | identifying and reporting plant disease or pest outbreaks and this |
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| 25 | 25 | | state's response to plant disease or pest outbreaks. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2027. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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| 28 | 28 | | immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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| 29 | 29 | | elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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| 30 | 30 | | Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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| 31 | 31 | | immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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