Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1413 amends the Agriculture Code to repeal provisions that are obsolete or duplicative. The repealed provisions addressed livestock grading, grain sampling and grading, agriculture and livestock pools, shared foreign sales corporations, state-level marketing orders, city and county weights and measures sealers, and other matters. The bill abolishes the farm and ranch loan security fund. It eliminates a requirement that a county commissioners court obtain approval of a fire ant eradication method from the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). The bill modifies TDA duties and authority relating to quarantines and makes changes relating to TDA holding facilities for internationally traded animal commodities. It also makes minor changes to the Agricultural Development District Act in addition to those made by House Bill 3383.