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 1-67 -------------------------------------------------------------------