Bill Text: TX HB4644 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an alert system for dangerous plant and wildlife pests and diseases administered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB4644 Detail]

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  88R14305 MP-D
 
  By: Thimesch H.B. No. 4644
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an alert system for dangerous plant and animal pests and
  diseases administered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter K, Chapter 88, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 88.823 to read as follows:
         Sec. 88.823.  PEST, DISEASE, AND QUARANTINE ALERT SYSTEM.
  (a) With the cooperation of the Department of Agriculture and the
  Parks and Wildlife Department, the extension service shall develop
  and implement a statewide Internet-based alert system for
  notifications related to animal and plant pests, diseases, and
  quarantines. The alert system must issue notifications for:
               (1)  a confirmed case of a dangerous plant or animal
  pest or disease;
               (2)  the establishment, modification, or removal of a
  pest or disease quarantine order; and
               (3)  any compliance agreements entered into with the
  Department of Agriculture related to a pest or disease quarantine.
         (b)  The alert system established under this section must:
               (1)  issue notifications through e-mail; and
               (2)  provide for enrollment in the alert system for
  delivery of a system notification.
         (c)  The extension service shall enter into a memorandum of
  understanding with the Department of Agriculture and the Parks and
  Wildlife Department to ensure the extension service is able to
  issue a required notification under Subsection (a) within 72 hours
  of an applicable action by those agencies.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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