By:  Shelley                                           S.B. No. 889
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Agriculture to
    1-2  sell publications and collect publication fees.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by
    1-5  adding Section 12.031 to read as follows:
    1-6        12.031.  Publications and Publication Fees.  (a)  The
    1-7  department may provide or sell information, including books,
    1-8  magazines, photographs, prints, and bulletins, to the public
    1-9  concerning agriculture, horticulture, or related industries.
   1-10        (b)  The department may receive royalties on department-owned
   1-11  materials that are sold or supplied to others by the department for
   1-12  publication.
   1-13        (c)  The department may enter into contractual agreements for
   1-14  publication of information concerning agriculture, horticulture, or
   1-15  related industries.
   1-16        (d)  Money received under this section shall be deposited in
   1-17  the State Treasury to the credit of the fund from which expenses
   1-18  for the publication were paid.
   1-19        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately.
   1-20        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-21  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-22  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   1-23  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-1  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.