Bill Text: TX HB2312 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the membership of and the beef marketing, education, research, and promotion programs of the Texas Beef Council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2312 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2312-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2312 |
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relating to the membership of and the beef marketing, education, | ||
research, and promotion programs of the Texas Beef Council. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 41.151(2), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(2) "Council" means the Beef Promotion and Research | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 41.152(b), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The council shall be the certified organization to plan, | ||
implement, and operate research, education, promotion, and | ||
marketing programs under this subchapter. If the council | ||
establishes a state beef check off program under Section 41.1571, | ||
the council shall administer that program. [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 41.156, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) A member of the council must be: | ||
(1) nominated by the entity qualified to collect the | ||
proceeds of and administer the beef check off program established | ||
by federal law in this state or, in the entity's absence, the | ||
certified organizations that composed the entity; and | ||
(2) appointed by the commissioner. [ |
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(c) The commissioner[ |
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shall fill a vacancy on the council by appointment for the unexpired | ||
term from nominations received in accordance with Subsection (a). | ||
(d) A council member is not a state officer for purposes of | ||
Section 572.021, Government Code, solely because of the member's | ||
service on the council. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 41.157, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 41.157. GENERAL POWERS OF COUNCIL. The council may | ||
take action or exercise other authority as necessary to execute any | ||
act authorized by this chapter or the Texas Nonprofit Corporation | ||
Law as described by Section 1.008, Business Organizations Code | ||
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agreements with the entity qualified to collect the proceeds of and | ||
administer the beef check off program established by federal law in | ||
this state. | ||
SECTION 5. Subchapter H, Chapter 41, Agriculture Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 41.1571 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 41.1571. STATE BEEF CHECK OFF PROGRAM. The council may | ||
establish and operate a state beef check off program that is | ||
separate from the beef check off program established by federal | ||
law. | ||
SECTION 6. The change in law made by this Act regarding the | ||
appointment of members of the Texas Beef Council does not affect the | ||
entitlement of a member serving on the council immediately before | ||
the effective date of this Act to continue to serve as a member of | ||
the Beef Promotion and Research Council of Texas for the remainder | ||
of the member's term. The change in law applies only to a member | ||
appointed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. 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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2312 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2312 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |