By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 634

(In the Senate - Filed February 9, 2021; March 11, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs; March 30, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 30, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 634 By: Springer

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality of the identity of certain landowners who participate in a State Soil and Water Conservation Board program to manage or eradicate an invasive species.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 201, Agriculture Code, is amended by adding Section 201.007 to read as follows:

Sec. 201.007. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PARTICIPANTS IN INVASIVE SPECIES ERADICATION PROGRAMS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), information written, produced, collected, assembled, or maintained by the state board that would identify a landowner who participates in a state board program to manage or eradicate an invasive species is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the identity of a person who receives a direct payment of state money under a contract with the state board to manage or eradicate an invasive species.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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