Bill Text: TX HB70 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to a strategic plan goal by the Department of Agriculture to prevent crop diseases and plant pests in this state.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB70 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB70-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to a strategic plan goal by the Department of Agriculture to prevent crop diseases and plant pests in this state.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB70 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB70-Engrossed.html
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By: González of El Paso, Zwiener, Fierro, | 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. |