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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of the identity of certain |
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landowners who participate in a State Soil and Water Conservation |
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Board program to manage or eradicate an invasive species. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 201, Agriculture Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 201.007 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 201.007. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PARTICIPANTS IN INVASIVE |
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SPECIES ERADICATION PROGRAMS. (a) Except as provided by |
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Subsection (b), information written, produced, collected, |
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assembled, or maintained by the state board that would identify a |
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landowner who participates in a state board program to manage or |
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eradicate an invasive species is confidential and not subject to |
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disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the disclosure of the |
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identity of a person who receives a direct payment of state money |
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under a contract with the state board to manage or eradicate an |
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invasive species. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |