80R10138 SGA-F
 
  By: Swinford H.B. No. 2417
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the responsibility for and management of the fuel
ethanol and biodiesel production incentive program.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  (a)  The responsibility for and management of the
fuel ethanol and biodiesel production incentive program under
Chapter 16, Agriculture Code, is transferred from the Texas
Economic Development and Tourism Office to the Department of
Agriculture.
       (b)  Any assets, duties, functions, and funding for the
program, including money in the fuel ethanol and biodiesel
production account, are transferred on the effective date of this
Act to the Department of Agriculture.
       (c)  A rule of the Texas Economic Development and Tourism
Office related to the fuel ethanol and biodiesel production
incentive program continues in effect until changed by the
Department of Agriculture.
       (d)  A reference in law to "office" in Chapter 16,
Agriculture Code, is a reference to the Department of Agriculture.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.