By: Staples S.B. No. 1708
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to assessments levied on certain owners of cattle and used
for marketing, education, research, and promotion of Texas beef.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.160, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 41.160. ASSESSMENTS[; APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW].
(a) The commissioner, on the recommendation of the council, shall
propose the maximum assessment in a referendum under Section 41.162
and the manner in which it is collected.
(b) If an assessment referendum is approved, the council
shall collect the assessment.
(c) An assessment levied on producers may be applied to
efforts relating to the marketing, education, research, and
promotion of beef and beef products in Texas, the United States, and
international markets.
(d) Assessments collected by the council are not state funds
and are not required to be deposited in the state treasury.
[(e) Section 41.083 applies to an assessment collected by
the council under this subchapter. Section 41.082 does not apply to
an assessment collected under this subchapter.]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately 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 immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.