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House Bill 191 |
House Author: Stephenson et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
Senate Sponsor: Kolkhorst |
House Bill 191 amends the Agriculture Code to require the Department of Agriculture (TDA) to organize pesticide waste and pesticide container collection activities statewide in coordination with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and to authorize those entities to contract for services to implement those activities and facilitate the collection of unwanted pesticide products and pesticide containers. The bill creates the pesticide disposal fund to be administered by the TDA to fund those activities, provides for the deposit of pesticide registration fees to the fund, and prohibits the TDA from increasing such a fee for purposes related to those activities. Implementation of a provision of this bill by the TDA is mandatory only if a specific appropriation is made for that purpose.