Amend SB 1413 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION _____.  Section 71.008, Agriculture Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f) This section does not restrict the department's authority 
to establish on its own initiative an eradication program within a 
quarantined area to protect the state's agricultural resources.
	SECTION _____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 71, Agriculture Code, 
is amended by adding Section 71.0092 to read as follows:
	Sec. 71.0092.  SEIZURE, TREATMENT, HANDLING, AND DESTRUCTION 
OF CERTAIN MATERIALS WITHIN QUARANTINED AREA.  (a) In this section, 
"quarantined article" means:
		(1) a plant, plant product, substance, or other item 
capable of hosting or facilitating the dissemination of an insect 
pest or plant disease that is the subject of a quarantine 
established by the department under this subchapter; or
		(2) a motor vehicle, railcar, other conveyance, or 
equipment used for, or intended for use in, the transportation or 
production of an item described by Subdivision (1).
	(b) The department by rule may establish treatment and 
handling requirements for a quarantined article found within a 
quarantined area.  The requirements must be designed to:
		(1) prevent dissemination of a dangerous insect pest or 
plant disease outside the quarantined area or into a pest-free area 
in the state;
		(2) prevent infestation of a quarantined article by a 
dangerous insect pest or plant disease that is subject to a 
quarantine established by the department under this subchapter;
		(3) decrease the occurrence in this state or a 
quarantined area of this state of a dangerous insect pest or plant 
disease that is subject to a quarantine established by the 
department under this subchapter; or
		(4) facilitate the eradication of a dangerous insect 
pest or plant disease that is subject to a quarantine established by 
the department under this subchapter.
	(c) A person in possession or control of a quarantined 
article located in a quarantined area shall comply with department 
rules and orders regarding treatment and handling of the 
quarantined article.
	(d) If a person in possession or control of a quarantined 
article located in a quarantined area fails to comply with a 
department rule or order under this section, the department may at 
the expense of the person or of the owner of the article:
		(1) seize the quarantined article and, subject to 
available department resources and Section 71.010:
			(A) isolate the article in a manner designed to 
prevent the dissemination of the dangerous insect pest or plant 
disease until the article no longer represents a danger of 
dissemination or until the person agrees to comply with the rule or 
order;
			(B) treat the article to eliminate the danger of 
dissemination of the dangerous insect pest or plant disease; or
			(C) destroy the article; or                                           
		(2) seek an injunction from a district court in Travis 
County ordering the person to:
			(A) comply with the department's rule or order; or                    
			(B) surrender possession of the quarantined 
article to the department for disposition under Subdivision (1).
	(e) If the owner of a quarantined article seized under this 
section is unknown to the department, the department shall publish 
notice that not earlier than the fifth day after the date on which 
the notice is published or posted the department may destroy, 
treat, or isolate the quarantined article at the owner's expense.  
The department must publish the notice for three consecutive days 
in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the 
quarantined article was seized.  The notice must include a 
description of the quarantined article.  If an owner claims the 
quarantined article before the date described by the notice and 
agrees in writing to treat or handle the article in a manner 
provided by department rule or order, the department shall deliver 
the quarantined article to the owner at the owner's expense.  If an 
owner does not claim the quarantined article before the date 
described by the notice, the department may destroy or arrange for 
the destruction of the quarantined article or continue to isolate 
or treat the quarantined article at the owner's expense.  If an 
owner refuses to agree in writing to comply with the department's 
rule or order regarding treatment or handling of a quarantined 
article, the department may destroy or arrange for the destruction 
of the quarantined article or continue to isolate or treat the 
quarantined article at the owner's expense, subject to Section 
71.010.
	(f) In enforcing this section, the department may seek the 
assistance of the Department of Public Safety under Section 
71.0101, or any law enforcement officer of the county in which the 
quarantined article is located.  The Department of Public Safety or 
local law enforcement officer shall cooperate with the department 
and provide any assistance necessary to implement this section.
	(g) The owner of a quarantined article treated, isolated, or 
destroyed by the department under this section is liable to the 
department for the costs of treatment, isolation, and destruction, 
and the department may bring suit to collect the costs.
	(h) The attorney general is entitled to court costs and 
reasonable attorney's fees in any suit brought on behalf of the 
department under this section, including any suit for an 
injunction.
	(i) The department may enter into an agreement with a public 
or private entity to obtain assistance in defraying the cost of 
implementing this section.