78R8829 BDH-D
By: Deuell S.B. No. 1413
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain powers and duties of the Department of
Agriculture and other entities engaged in agricultural activities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The following provisions of the Agriculture Code
are repealed:
(1) Sections 12.004, 12.008, 12.009, 12.030, 13.005,
13.006, 13.103, 13.106, 13.108(b) and (c), 15.004, 77.004, and
77.005; and
(2) Chapters 53, 96, 145, and 252.
SECTION 2. Section 13.107(a), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Two or more counties [or a county and one or more cities
located in that county] may combine the whole or any part of their
political subdivisions for the purpose of maintaining one set of
standards and one sealer. The agreement to combine districts must
be approved by the governing body of each participating political
subdivision.
SECTION 3. Section 13.122, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 13.122. PENALTIES. An offense under Section [13.103,
13.106,] 13.114[,] or each of Sections 13.116 through 13.121 [of
this code] is a Class C misdemeanor.
SECTION 4. The farm and ranch loan security fund created
under Section 252.081, Agriculture Code, is abolished.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.