Bill Text: TX HB572 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the disposal of pesticides.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB572 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB572-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 572 | ||
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| relating to the disposal of pesticides. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 76.009 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 76.009. PESTICIDE DISPOSAL FUND. (a) The pesticide | ||
| disposal fund is a fund in the state treasury outside the general | ||
| revenue fund. The fund consists of: | ||
| (1) money deposited to the credit of the fund under | ||
| Section 76.044; and | ||
| (2) interest earned on the investment of money in the | ||
| fund. | ||
| (b) The department shall administer the fund. Money in the | ||
| fund may be appropriated only for the purposes of the pesticide | ||
| waste and pesticide container collection activities performed | ||
| under Section 76.132. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 76.044, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Of the money received by the department under this | ||
| section, the department shall annually deposit to the credit of the | ||
| pesticide disposal fund under Section 76.009 an amount to cover the | ||
| cost of administering the pesticide waste and pesticide container | ||
| collection activities performed under Section 76.132, not to exceed | ||
| $400,000. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 76.132 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 76.132. DISPOSAL OF PESTICIDE. The department, in | ||
| coordination with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and | ||
| the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, shall organize pesticide | ||
| waste and pesticide container collection activities statewide. The | ||
| department, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the | ||
| Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service may contract for the services | ||
| of contractors that are licensed in the disposal of hazardous waste | ||
| under Section 401.202, Health and Safety Code, or other contractors | ||
| to implement the pesticide waste and pesticide container collection | ||
| activities and facilitate the collection of canceled, | ||
| unregistered, or otherwise unwanted pesticide products and | ||
| pesticide containers. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 572 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 15, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 572 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
