Bill Text: TX SB743 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Olive Oil Industry Advisory Board.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-25 - Effective immediately [SB743 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB743-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Olive Oil Industry Advisory Board.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-25 - Effective immediately [SB743 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB743-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hall, et al. | S.B. No. 743 | |
(In the Senate - Filed February 11, 2019; March 1, 2019, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture; | ||
March 12, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, | ||
Nays 0; March 12, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the Texas Olive Oil Industry Advisory Board. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 3, Agriculture Code, is amended by adding | ||
Chapter 50D to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 50D. TEXAS OLIVE OIL INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD | ||
Sec. 50D.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "board" means | ||
the Texas Olive Oil Industry Advisory Board. | ||
Sec. 50D.002. BOARD. (a) The board is composed of the | ||
following nine members appointed by the commissioner: | ||
(1) five members who are olive growers, one of whom | ||
represents each of the five established olive-growing regions of | ||
the state as determined by the commissioner; | ||
(2) one representative of infrastructure who is | ||
engaged in harvesting, milling, or agritourism; | ||
(3) one researcher or educator who is employed by an | ||
institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, | ||
Education Code; | ||
(4) one representative from the Texas A&M AgriLife | ||
Extension Service; and | ||
(5) one representative from the department. | ||
(b) The board shall elect a presiding officer from among its | ||
members. | ||
(c) Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms, | ||
with the terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each | ||
odd-numbered year. Members may be reappointed at the end of a term. | ||
(d) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
size, composition, or duration of the board. | ||
(e) Service on the board by a state officer or employee is an | ||
additional duty of the member's office or employment. Members of | ||
the board are not entitled to compensation or reimbursement of | ||
expenses. | ||
(f) The board may accept gifts and grants from any source to | ||
be used to carry out a function of the board. | ||
Sec. 50D.003. DUTIES. The board shall: | ||
(1) assist the department in: | ||
(A) assessing the state of the olive and olive | ||
oil industry in this state; | ||
(B) developing recommendations to the | ||
commissioner and the legislature to promote and expand the olive | ||
and olive oil industry in this state; | ||
(C) identifying and obtaining grants and gifts to | ||
promote and expand the olive and olive oil industry in this state; | ||
and | ||
(D) developing a long-term vision and marketable | ||
identity for the olive and olive oil industry in this state that | ||
take into consideration future industry development, funding, | ||
research, educational programming, risk management, and marketing; | ||
and | ||
(2) review and provide guidance on rules impacting the | ||
olive and olive oil industry in this state. | ||
Sec. 50D.004. MEETINGS. The board shall meet twice each | ||
year and may meet at other times considered necessary by the | ||
commissioner. | ||
Sec. 50D.005. STAFF. The board is administratively | ||
attached to the department. The department shall provide the board | ||
with the staff necessary to carry out the board's duties under this | ||
chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the commissioner of agriculture shall appoint the | ||
members of the Texas Olive Oil Industry Advisory Board as provided | ||
by Chapter 50D, Agriculture Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. | ||
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