1-1 By: Eckels (Senate Sponsor - Shelley) H.B. No. 2220 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 1993; 1-3 April 27, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Natural Resources; May 7, 1993, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 7, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Sims x 1-9 Truan x 1-10 Armbrister x 1-11 Barrientos x 1-12 Bivins x 1-13 Brown x 1-14 Carriker x 1-15 Lucio x 1-16 Montford x 1-17 Ratliff x 1-18 Shelley x 1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-20 AN ACT 1-21 relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Agriculture to 1-22 sell publications and collect publication fees. 1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-24 SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by 1-25 adding Section 12.031 to read as follows: 1-26 Sec. 12.031. Publications and Publication Fees. (a) The 1-27 department may provide or sell information, including books, 1-28 magazines, photographs, prints, and bulletins, to the public 1-29 concerning agriculture, horticulture, or related industries. 1-30 (b) The department may receive royalties on department-owned 1-31 materials that are sold or supplied to others by the department for 1-32 publication. 1-33 (c) The department may enter into contractual agreements for 1-34 publication of information concerning agriculture, horticulture, or 1-35 related industries. 1-36 (d) Money received under this section shall be deposited in 1-37 the State Treasury to the credit of the fund from which expenses 1-38 for the publication were paid. 1-39 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately. 1-40 SECTION 3. The importance of the legislation and the crowded 1-41 condition of the calendars in both houses create an emergency and 1-42 an imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule 1-43 requiring bills to be read on three several days in each house be 1-44 suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-45 * * * * * 1-46 Austin, 1-47 Texas 1-48 May 7, 1993 1-49 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-50 President of the Senate 1-51 Sir: 1-52 We, your Committee on Natural Resources to which was referred H.B. 1-53 No. 2220, have had the same under consideration, and I am 1-54 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation 1-55 that it do pass and be printed. 1-56 Sims, 1-57 Chairman 1-58 * * * * * 1-59 WITNESSES 1-60 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 2220.