1-1 By: Shelley S.B. No. 889
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1993; March 15, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
1-4 April 20, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
1-5 Nays 0; April 20, 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 this legislation and the
1-41 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-42 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-43 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-44 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-45 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-46 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-47 * * * * *
1-48 Austin,
1-49 Texas
1-50 April 20, 1993
1-51 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-52 President of the Senate
1-53 Sir:
1-54 We, your Committee on Natural Resources to which was referred S.B.
1-55 No. 889, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
1-56 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
1-57 pass and be printed.
1-58 Sims,
1-59 Chairman
1-60 * * * * *
1-61 WITNESSES
1-62 FOR AGAINST ON
1-63 ___________________________________________________________________
1-64 Name: Donna Garcia Davidson x
1-65 Representing: Tx Dept of Agriculture
1-66 City: Austin
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