Bill Text: TX HB4212 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a professional bee removal training and licensure program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Agriculture & Livestock [HB4212 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4212-Introduced.html
| By: Meza | H.B. No. 4212 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a professional bee removal | ||
| training and licensure program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 71, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Sec. 71.155 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 71.155. Training OF BEE REMOVAL PROFESSIONALS: (a) | ||
| The department by rule shall establish the requirements for a bee | ||
| removal professional training program. Additionally, the | ||
| individual (to acquire said license, and or certificate would carry | ||
| insurance in the amount of $600,000.00 aggregate and $300,000.00 | ||
| per incident (+) workman's comp at his own expense. | ||
| (b) The training program must include: | ||
| (1) at least 80 hours of classroom instruction and 80 | ||
| hours of practical instruction in the areas of: | ||
| (2) honey bees; | ||
| (3) beekeeping; and | ||
| (4) non lethal removal of bees from a structure; and | ||
| (5) a comprehensive final examination. | ||
| (c) The department by rule shall establish the minimum | ||
| passing score for the final examination. | ||
| (d) The department shall approve one or more organizations | ||
| to provide the bee removal professional training program. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 71, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Sec. 71.156 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 71.156. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE. The | ||
| department shall issue a bee removal professional certificate to a | ||
| person who: | ||
| (e) applies to the department; | ||
| (f) successfully completes the bee removal professional | ||
| training program under Section 71.155; and | ||
| (g) pays the required fee. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 1951, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1951.604 to read as follows: | ||
| (h) Sec. 1951.604. BEE REMOVAL PROFESSIONALS. (a) Except | ||
| as provided by Sections 1951.212 and 1951.457(c), this chapter does | ||
| not apply to a person who: | ||
| (i) holds a bee removal professional certificate issued | ||
| under Chapter 71.155, Agriculture Code; | ||
| (j) does not use pesticides; and | ||
| (k) collects and removes honeybees. | ||
| (l) (b) A person described by Subsection (a) is not | ||
| considered to be engaged in the business of structural pest | ||
| control. | ||
| (m) must include: | ||
| (1) at least 80 hours of classroom instruction and 80 | ||
| hours of practical instruction in the areas of: | ||
| (A) honey bees; | ||
| (B) beekeeping; and non lethal removal of bees | ||
| from a structure; and | ||
| (2) a comprehensive final examination. | ||
| (n) The department by rule shall establish the minimum | ||
| passing score for the final examination. | ||
| (o) The department shall approve one or more organizations | ||
| to provide the bee removal professional training program. | ||
| SECTION 4. Not later than March 1, 2020, the Department of | ||
| Agriculture shall adopt rules under Section 71.155, Agriculture | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, and approve one or more organizations to | ||
| provide the bee removal professional training program under that | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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 January 1, 2020. | ||
