By: Sibley S.B. No. 942
73R5356 MJW-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the enforcement of seed inspection and labeling
1-3 requirements.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 61.002(b), Agriculture Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The department may adopt rules as necessary for the
1-8 efficient enforcement of this chapter. Before adopting rules under
1-9 this chapter, the department shall<:>
1-10 <(1) publish a description of the proposed action or
1-11 the text of the proposed rules or amendments in three newspapers of
1-12 general circulation throughout the state for three consecutive
1-13 weeks; and>
1-14 <(2)> conduct a public hearing on the proposed rule or
1-15 amendment.
1-16 SECTION 2. Section 61.011(d), Agriculture Code, is amended
1-17 to read as follows:
1-18 (d) Quarterly reports filed under Subsection (c)(2) of this
1-19 section are due within 30 days after the last day of November,
1-20 February, May, and August. Unless filed in accordance with prior
1-21 written approval of the department for late filing, a person who
1-22 does not file the report within the allotted time shall pay to the
1-23 department a penalty not to exceed $25 <of $10> or <an amount equal
1-24 to> 10 percent of the amount of the fee due, whichever is greater.
2-1 SECTION 3. Section 61.002(d), Agriculture Code, is repealed.
2-2 SECTION 4. The change in law made by Section 2 of this Act
2-3 applies only to a report under Section 61.011(d), Agriculture Code,
2-4 as amended by this Act, that is due on or after the effective date
2-5 of this Act.
2-6 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-11 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-12 passage, and it is so enacted.