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House Bill 774 |
House Author: Hegar |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Jackson, Mike |
Through House Bill 774, which amends the Agriculture Code, the State of Texas formally enters the Interstate Pest Control Compact, with the agriculture commissioner designated as the state's compact administrator. Under the compact, party states pledge to employ their best efforts to eradicate, or control within the strictest practicable limits, any and all pests. Whenever a party state is threatened by a pest outside its borders but present in another party state, or whenever a party state engaged in pest control finds that success depends on action by one or more other party states, it may request the authorization of an expenditure from the compact's insurance fund for eradication or control measures to be taken by the other states. Requests for fund disbursement to a nonparty state to accomplish the purposes of the compact are also permitted.