S.B. No. 634
 
 
 
 
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 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.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 634 passed the Senate on
  April 9, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 634 passed the House on
  May 11, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 2, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor