By Lucio S.B. No. 742 77R3682 BDH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to standardized training in the use and application of 1-3 certain pesticides. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 76.101, Agriculture Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-7 (e) In carrying out its duties under Subsections (a) and 1-8 (b), the department by rule shall develop and approve a 1-9 standardized training program for the application of pesticides by 1-10 commercial, noncommercial, and private applicators for the control 1-11 of mosquitoes and the prevention of mosquito-borne diseases that 1-12 includes instruction on: 1-13 (1) common types of mosquitoes and the diseases 1-14 associated with each type; and 1-15 (2) proper choice and application of pesticides for 1-16 each type of mosquito. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-21 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.