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.