Bill Text: TX SB1113 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a waiver authorizing the application of pesticides for mosquito control by certain municipal or county employees in an emergency.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective immediately [SB1113 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1113-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1113 | ||
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| relating to a waiver authorizing the application of pesticides for | ||
| mosquito control by certain municipal or county employees in an | ||
| emergency. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 76.120 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 76.120. EMERGENCY MOSQUITO CONTROL BY CERTAIN | ||
| MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY EMPLOYEES. (a) A municipal or county health | ||
| department may apply for a waiver from the department authorizing | ||
| the application of pesticides for mosquito control in the manner | ||
| provided by this section if: | ||
| (1) the municipality or county is in a state of | ||
| disaster as declared by the governor under Chapter 418, Government | ||
| Code; or | ||
| (2) the municipal or county health department | ||
| determines that immediate action is needed to control the threat of | ||
| mosquito-borne disease. | ||
| (b) On application by a municipal or county health | ||
| department, the department may grant a waiver authorizing | ||
| unlicensed employees of the municipality or county to apply | ||
| pesticides for mosquito control under the direct supervision of a | ||
| licensed applicator employed by the municipality or county, a | ||
| nearby political subdivision, this state, or the federal | ||
| government. | ||
| (c) An unlicensed employee of the municipality or county may | ||
| apply pesticides as authorized by a waiver if the unlicensed | ||
| employee and the licensed applicator supervising the employee | ||
| execute an affidavit promulgated by the department describing the | ||
| supervision arrangement and return the affidavit to the department. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1113 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1113 passed the House on | ||
| May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
