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 12.031. Publications and Publication Fees. (a) The department 1-8 may provide or sell information, including books, magazines, 1-9 photographs, prints, and bulletins, to the public concerning 1-10 agriculture, horticulture, or related industries. 1-11 (b) The department may receive royalties on department-owned 1-12 material 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 the 1-18 State Treasury to the credit of the fund from which expenses for 1-19 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.