Bill Text: TX HB3227 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the administration and enforcement of produce safety standards by the Department of Agriculture; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB3227 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3227-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the administration and enforcement of produce safety standards by the Department of Agriculture; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB3227 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3227-Comm_Sub.html
By: King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) | H.B. No. 3227 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017; | ||
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; May 16, 2017, reported | ||
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 16, 2017, sent | ||
to printer.) |
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relating to the administration and enforcement of produce safety | |||||
standards by the Department of Agriculture; authorizing an | |||||
administrative penalty. | |||||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |||||
SECTION 1. Section 12.020(c), Agriculture Code, is amended | |||||
to read as follows: | |||||
(c) The provisions of law subject to this section and the | |||||
applicable penalty amounts are as follows: | |||||
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SECTION 2. Section 91.009, Agriculture Code, is amended to | |||||
read as follows: | |||||
Sec. 91.009. COORDINATION OF PRODUCE [ |
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The department is the lead agency for the administration, | |||||
implementation, and enforcement of, and education and training | |||||
relating to, the United States Food and Drug Administration | |||||
Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of | |||||
Produce for Human Consumption (21 C.F.R. Part 112) or any successor | |||||
federal produce safety rule or standard. | |||||
(a-1) The department [ |
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vegetable industries with produce [ |
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provide assistance to federal agencies in their implementation of | |||||
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(b) The department shall coordinate and[ |
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of fresh fruits and vegetables. A program under this subsection | |||||
must inform and educate producers and packers regarding: | |||||
(1) sound agricultural practices; | |||||
(2) proper produce [ |
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(3) the prevention of accidental or deliberately | |||||
planned outbreaks of disease; and | |||||
(4) the enhancement of overall produce [ |
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(c) The department shall coordinate the planning and | |||||
implementation of programs required by Subsection (b) with: | |||||
(1) colleges and universities in this state; | |||||
(2) the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service; | |||||
(3) Texas A&M AgriLife Research; | |||||
(4) the Department of State Health Services; [ |
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(5) private industry; and | |||||
(6) nongovernmental organizations. | |||||
(c-1) The department may enter into a cooperative | |||||
agreement, interagency agreement, grant agreement, or memorandum | |||||
of understanding with a federal or state agency for the | |||||
administration, implementation, or enforcement of this section. | |||||
(d) The department may adopt rules to administer, | |||||
implement, and enforce this section. In the development of rules | |||||
under this section [ |
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state, federal, or national standards and may [ |
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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, 2017. | |||||
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