1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 609
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 3, 1993; March 4, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
1-4 Relations; March 24, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable
1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
1-6 March 24, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Armbrister x
1-10 Leedom x
1-11 Carriker x
1-12 Henderson x
1-13 Madla x
1-14 Moncrief x
1-15 Patterson x
1-16 Rosson x
1-17 Shapiro x
1-18 Wentworth x
1-19 Whitmire x
1-20 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 609 By: Armbrister
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to the authority of cities, towns, and other political
1-24 subdivisions of the state to regulate pesticides and pesticide use.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. Section 76.101, Agriculture Code, is amended by
1-27 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-28 (d)(1) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, no
1-29 city, town, county, or other political subdivision of this state
1-30 shall adopt any ordinance, rule, or regulation regarding pesticide
1-31 sale or use.
1-32 (2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
1-33 limit the authority of a city, town, or county to zone for the sale
1-34 or storage of such products, to provide or designate sites for the
1-35 disposal of such products, to route hazardous materials, or to
1-36 regulate discharge to sanitary sewer systems.
1-37 (3) This subsection shall not prevent a city, town,
1-38 county, or any political subdivision from complying with any
1-39 federal or state law or regulation. This section shall not prevent
1-40 a city, town, county, or any political subdivision from attaining
1-41 or maintaining compliance with federal or state environmental
1-42 standards including Texas water quality standards. A city, town,
1-43 county, or other political subdivision may take any action
1-44 otherwise prohibited by this subsection in order to comply with any
1-45 federal requirements, to avoid any federal or state penalties or
1-46 fines, or to attain or maintain federal or state environmental
1-47 standards including Texas water quality standards.
1-48 SECTION 2. The Texas Structural Pest Control Act (Article
1-49 135b-6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) is amended by adding Section
1-50 11C to read as follows:
1-51 Sec. 11C. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section,
1-52 no city, town, county, or other political subdivision of this state
1-53 shall adopt any ordinance, rule, or regulation regarding pesticide
1-54 sale or use.
1-55 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the
1-56 authority of a city, town, or county to zone for the sale or
1-57 storage of such products, to provide or designate sites for
1-58 disposal of such products, to route hazardous materials, or to
1-59 regulate discharge to sanitary sewer systems.
1-60 (c) This section shall not prevent a city, town, county, or
1-61 any political subdivision from complying with any federal or state
1-62 law or regulation. This section shall not prevent a city, town,
1-63 county, or any political subdivision from attaining or maintaining
1-64 compliance with federal or state environmental standards including
1-65 Texas water quality standards. A city, town, county, or other
1-66 political subdivision may take any action otherwise prohibited by
1-67 this subsection in order to comply with any federal requirements,
1-68 to avoid any federal or state penalties or fines, or to attain or
2-1 maintain federal or state environmental standards including Texas
2-2 water quality standards.
2-3 (d) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect
2-4 Chapter 75, Agriculture Code.
2-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-10 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-11 passage, and it is so enacted.
2-12 * * * * *
2-13 Austin,
2-14 Texas
2-15 March 24, 1993
2-16 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-17 President of the Senate
2-18 Sir:
2-19 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was
2-20 referred S.B. No. 609, have had the same under consideration, and I
2-21 am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
2-22 recommendation that it do not pass, but that the Committee
2-23 Substitute adopted in lieu thereof do pass and be printed.
2-24 Armbrister,
2-25 Chairman
2-26 * * * * *
2-27 WITNESSES
2-28 FOR AGAINST ON
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2-30 Name: David Sebree x
2-31 Representing: Dupont Co.
2-32 City: Austin
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2-34 Name: Beth Brooks x
2-35 Representing: Tx Pest Control Assoc.
2-36 City: Austin
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2-38 Name: Jon Fisher x
2-39 Representing: Tx Agricultural Chemicals Asn
2-40 City: Austin
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2-42 Name: Ralph Romins x
2-43 Representing: S.A.F.E.
2-44 City: Round Rock
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2-46 Name: Patrick T. Miller x
2-47 Representing: Tx Plant Food Institute
2-48 City: Austin
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2-50 Name: Ray Prewett x
2-51 Representing: Texas Citrus Mutual
2-52 City: Mission
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2-54 Name: Wilbert Vorwerk x
2-55 Representing: Tx Grain Sorghum Producers
2-56 City: Taylor
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2-58 Name: Bobby Jenkins x
2-59 Representing: Tx Pest Control Assoc.
2-60 City: Austin
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2-62 FOR AGAINST ON
2-63 ___________________________________________________________________
2-64 Name: Durwood Tucker x
2-65 Representing: Tx Farm Bureau
2-66 City: Austin
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2-68 Name: David A. Ivie x
2-69 Representing: State Alliance for Food & Envir
2-70 City: Elgin
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3-2 Name: Eddy D. Edmondson x
3-3 Representing: Tx Assoc. of Nurserymen
3-4 City: Austin
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3-6 Name: Susan Pitman x
3-7 Representing: The Chemical Connection
3-8 City: Wimberley
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3-10 Name: Reggie James x
3-11 Representing: Consumers Union
3-12 City: Austin
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3-14 Name: Ken Kramer x
3-15 Representing: Sierra Club
3-16 City: Austin
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3-18 Name: Jerry Walzel x
3-19 Representing: Tx. Citrus & Vegetable Assoc.
3-20 City: Harlingen
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