Bill Text: TX HB70 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a strategic plan goal by the Department of Agriculture to prevent crop diseases and plant pests in this state.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB70 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB70-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 70 | ||
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| relating to a strategic plan goal by the Department of Agriculture | ||
| to prevent crop diseases and plant pests in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 12.008 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.008. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL: CROP DISEASE AND PLANT | ||
| PEST PREVENTION. The department shall include in the department's | ||
| strategic plan required under Chapter 2056, Government Code, a goal | ||
| of preventing crop diseases and plant pests in this state by: | ||
| (1) improving the department's preventative | ||
| management practices concerning crop diseases and plant pests; | ||
| (2) increasing the performance of activities directly | ||
| related to crop disease and plant pest prevention; | ||
| (3) creating and implementing a strong surveillance | ||
| program that includes activities designed to: | ||
| (A) identify and locate any possible source of | ||
| infection or exposure to domestic or foreign diseases or pests that | ||
| affect crops grown in this state; and | ||
| (B) aid the department in the early detection of | ||
| any domestic, foreign, or emerging crop diseases and plant pests; | ||
| (4) evaluating the department's diagnostic procedures | ||
| to ensure the performance of diagnostic evaluations and | ||
| investigations occurs timely and accurately; | ||
| (5) improving the effectiveness of the department's | ||
| control and eradication methods; | ||
| (6) evaluating and expanding, if necessary, the | ||
| department's emergency management activities related to crop | ||
| diseases and plant pests; and | ||
| (7) addressing how the department will educate | ||
| farmers, agricultural producers, and communities that sustain | ||
| agriculture in this state about crop disease and plant pest | ||
| prevention. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Department of Agriculture shall, using | ||
| existing funds, include in the first strategic plan under Chapter | ||
| 2056, Government Code, issued after the effective date of this Act | ||
| the goal and methods of implementing the goal required by Section | ||
| 12.008, Agriculture Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 70 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 3, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 70 was passed by the Senate on May 15, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
