By Eckels                                             H.B. No. 2220
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Agriculture to
    1-3  sell publications and collect publication fees.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by
    1-6  adding Section 12.031 to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 12.031.  Publications and Publication Fees.  (a)  The
    1-8  department may provide or sell information, including books,
    1-9  magazines, photographs, prints, and bulletins, to the public
   1-10  concerning agriculture, horticulture, or related industries.
   1-11        (b)  The department may receive royalties on department-owned
   1-12  materials that are sold or supplied to others by the department for
   1-13  publication.
   1-14        (c)  The department may enter into contractual agreements for
   1-15  publication of information concerning agriculture, horticulture, or
   1-16  related industries.
   1-17        (d)  Money received under this section shall be deposited in
   1-18  the State Treasury to the credit of the fund from which expenses
   1-19  for the publication were paid.
   1-20        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately.
   1-21        SECTION 3.  The importance of the legislation and the crowded
   1-22  condition of the calendars in both houses create an emergency and
   1-23  an imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule
    2-1  requiring bills to be read on three several days in each house be
    2-2  suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.