78R15117 E


By:  Brimer                                                       S.B. No. 759

Substitute the following for S.B. No. 759:                                    

By:  Burnam                                                   C.S.S.B. No. 759



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain pesticide application by persons engaged in 
pest control work for a political subdivision.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 76.109, Agriculture Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  Neither this section nor any other law shall prohibit a 
political subdivision from reducing the number of hours of training 
or other requirements for an employee conducting larval mosquito 
control on property owned or controlled by the political 
subdivision using biological pesticides approved for general use by 
the Texas Department of Health, provided the employee is given 
instructions adequate to ensure the safe and effective use of such 
pesticides.
	SECTION 2.  Section 1951.053, Occupations Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  Neither this section nor any other law shall prohibit a 
political subdivision from reducing the number of hours of training 
or other requirements for an employee conducting larval mosquito 
control on property owned or controlled by the political 
subdivision using biological pesticides approved for general use by 
the Texas Department of Health, provided the employee is given 
instructions adequate to ensure the safe and effective use of such 
pesticides.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect June 1, 2003, if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that 
date, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.