Bill Text: TX SB979 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to including cuttings as a form of propagation for citrus budwood and citrus nursery stock certification programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-25 - Effective immediately [SB979 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB979-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 979 |
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relating to including cuttings as a form of propagation for citrus | ||
budwood and citrus nursery stock certification programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 19.002(3) and (5), Agriculture Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Citrus budwood" means a portion of a stem or | ||
branch of a citrus tree containing buds used in propagation from | ||
cuttings or by budding or grafting. | ||
(5) "Citrus nursery" means a producer of citrus trees | ||
propagated from cuttings or through the budding or grafting of | ||
citrus trees using certified citrus budwood. | ||
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. 979 passed the Senate on | ||
April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 979 passed the House on | ||
May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |