Bill Text: TX HB2483 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prohibition of certain pesticides on public road rights-of-way.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-01 - Left pending in committee [HB2483 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2483-Introduced.html
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By: Farrar | H.B. No. 2483 |
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relating to the prohibition of certain pesticides on public road | ||
rights-of-way. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 76.101, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The department, by appropriate means under this | ||
chapter, shall prohibit the application of a neonicotinoid | ||
pesticide to the right-of-way of a public road or highway. | ||
SECTION 2. The Department of Agriculture shall implement | ||
Section 76.101(e), Agriculture Code, as added by this Act, not | ||
later than the 90th day after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |