SENATE BILL 746 |
SENATE AUTHOR: Staples |
EFFECTIVE: 09-01-01 |
HOUSE SPONSOR: Hawley et. al. |
Senate Bill 746 amends the Agriculture Code to require the Texas Department of Agriculture to maintain and administer an economic development program for rural areas of the state and to set forth certain activities that the department must include in the program. The bill takes effect September 1, 2001, and requires the department to adopt rules and to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Texas Department of Economic Development and the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, among others, relating to the program before December 1, 2001.