Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 571 amends the Agriculture Code and Transportation Code to make changes in the "Go Texan" partner program at the Texas Department of Agriculture, which boosts Texas agricultural products. The bill expands the definition of such products to add livestock and poultry feed and by-products and products associated with equine species and wildlife. It broadens the program to include not just products and ingredients grown in Texas but also products processed in Texas, and broadens it to include not just promotion but also marketing. The bill revises the membership and voting qualifications of the program's advisory board and grants the department certain rulemaking and enforcement powers for program administration. Fiscal changes remove the cap on the fee charged program participants, eliminate use of fee revenue for product promotion, expand the list of vehicles for which "Go Texan" license plates may be issued, authorize the department to sell or contract for the sale of "Go Texan" paraphernalia, channel the sale proceeds to the program account, and allow minor expenditures for refreshments at promotional events.