Bill Text: TX HB3192 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prohibition of glyphosate herbicides on the grounds of a public or private school or institution of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to Agriculture & Livestock [HB3192 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3192-Introduced.html
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| By: Meza | H.B. No. 3192 | |
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| relating to the prohibition of glyphosate herbicides on the grounds | ||
| of a public or private school or institution of higher education. | ||
| 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 herbicide containing | ||
| glyphosate on the grounds of a public or private school or | ||
| institution of higher education. The department may allow the | ||
| application of a herbicide containing glyphosate on the grounds of | ||
| a high school or institution of higher education only for the | ||
| purpose of producing a crop as part of an agriculture curriculum or | ||
| agricultural research. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
