86R11677 SOS-D
 
  By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2061
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a prohibition on the application of certain pesticides
  at public school buildings and other facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1951.212(c), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The department shall include in standards adopted under
  this section a:
               (1)  requirement to use the least toxic methods
  available to control pests, rodents, insects, and weeds; and
               (2)  prohibition on the application of glyphosate or a
  neonicotinoid pesticide at a school building or other school
  district facility.
         SECTION 2.  The Department of Agriculture shall adopt
  standards under Section 1951.212(c), Occupations Code, as amended
  by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2019.