By: Anderson, Guillen, Morales of Maverick, H.B. No. 3688
      Lozano, González of El Paso, et al.
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the confidentiality of the identity of certain
  landowners who participate in a State Soil and Water Conservation
  Board program to manage or eradicate an invasive species.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 201, Agriculture Code, is
  amended by adding Section 201.007 to read as follows:
         Sec. 201.007.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF PARTICIPANTS IN INVASIVE
  SPECIES ERADICATION PROGRAMS.  (a)  Except as provided by
  Subsection (b), information written, produced, collected,
  assembled, or maintained by the state board that would identify a
  landowner who participates in a state board program to manage or
  eradicate an invasive species is confidential and not subject to
  disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to the disclosure of the
  identity of a person who receives a direct payment of state money
  under a contract with the state board to manage or eradicate an
  invasive species.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.