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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a border agricultural inspection |
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training program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 12.049 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.049. BORDER AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION TRAINING |
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PROGRAM. (a) The department may create and administer a program to |
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train department employees to meet federal standards for |
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agricultural inspectors performing inspections at ports of entry |
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along the border with the United Mexican States. |
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(b) The department shall allow for department employees |
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trained under Subsection (a) to assist and augment the United |
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States Custom and Border Protection and United States Department of |
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Agriculture with agricultural inspections at ports of entry along |
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the border with the United Mexican States with the goal of reducing |
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United States Department of Agriculture inspection times. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |