By: Sparks, Flores S.B. No. 532
(In the Senate - Filed December 5, 2024; February 3, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and
Rural Affairs; March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to grant amounts under the young farmer grant program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 58.093, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 58.093. AMOUNT OF GRANTS. A grant under the young
farmer grant program may not be less than $10,000 [$5,000] or more
than $35,000 [$20,000].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
grant issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A grant
issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect on the date the grant is issued, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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