Bill Text: TX HB2568 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study of carrizo cane on the international border of this state.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2568 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2568-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2568 | ||
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| relating to a study of carrizo cane on the international border of | ||
| this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Board" means the State Soil and Water | ||
| Conservation Board. | ||
| (2) "Carrizo cane" means the invasive species of giant | ||
| reed with the scientific name Arundo donax. | ||
| (3) "Program" means the carrizo cane eradication | ||
| program under Section 201.0225, Agriculture Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. CARRIZO CANE STUDY. (a) The board shall conduct | ||
| a study of the extent of the growth of carrizo cane along the Rio | ||
| Grande to assist the board in administering the program. | ||
| (b) In conducting the study, the board shall determine: | ||
| (1) the acreage of carrizo cane remaining along the | ||
| Rio Grande; and | ||
| (2) the program's cost of eradicating the carrizo cane | ||
| identified in the study. | ||
| SECTION 3. REPORT. Not later than January 1, 2025, the | ||
| board shall report the results of the study conducted under this Act | ||
| and any recommendations to the governor, the lieutenant governor, | ||
| the speaker of the house of representatives, and the standing | ||
| committees of the senate and the house of representatives that have | ||
| jurisdiction over natural resources. | ||
| SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires February 1, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
| 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2568 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 13, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2568 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
