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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibition of certain pesticides on public road |
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rights-of-way. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 76.101, Agriculture Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The department, by appropriate means under this |
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chapter, shall prohibit the application of a neonicotinoid |
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pesticide to the right-of-way of a public road or highway. |
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SECTION 2. The Department of Agriculture shall implement |
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Section 76.101(e), Agriculture Code, as added by this Act, not |
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later than the 90th day after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |