Bill Text: TX HB103 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the disposal of pesticides.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-06 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB103 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB103-Comm_Sub.html
By: Stephenson, González of El Paso | H.B. No. 103 |
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relating to the disposal of pesticides. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 76.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 76.009. PESTICIDE DISPOSAL FUND. (a) The pesticide | ||
disposal fund is a fund in the state treasury outside the general | ||
revenue fund. The fund consists of: | ||
(1) money deposited to the credit of the fund under | ||
Section 76.044; and | ||
(2) interest earned on the investment of money in the | ||
fund. | ||
(b) The department shall administer the fund. Money in the | ||
fund may be appropriated only for the purposes of the pesticide | ||
waste and pesticide container collection activities performed | ||
under Section 76.132. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 76.044, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) Of the money received by the department under this | ||
section, the department shall annually deposit to the credit of the | ||
pesticide disposal fund under Section 76.009 an amount to cover the | ||
cost of administering the pesticide waste and pesticide container | ||
collection activities performed under Section 76.132, not to exceed | ||
$400,000. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 76.132 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 76.132. DISPOSAL OF PESTICIDE. The department, in | ||
coordination with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, shall | ||
organize pesticide waste and pesticide container collection | ||
activities statewide. The department and Texas A&M AgriLife | ||
Extension Service may contract for the services of contractors that | ||
are licensed in the disposal of hazardous waste under Section | ||
401.202, Health and Safety Code, or other contractors to implement | ||
the pesticide waste and pesticide container collection activities | ||
and facilitate the collection of canceled, unregistered, or | ||
otherwise unwanted pesticide products and pesticide containers. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |