Bill Text: TX HB191 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the disposal of pesticides.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB191 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB191-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 191 | ||
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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. The department may not increase the amount of a fee under | ||
| this section for purposes of this subsection or Section 76.132. | ||
| 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. The Texas Department of Agriculture is required | ||
| to implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | ||
| appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the | ||
| legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
| purpose, the department may, but is not required to, implement a | ||
| provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 191 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 11, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 191 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 16, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 191 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays | ||
| 6. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
