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  By: Plesa H.B. No. 1851
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to notice by certain sellers that plants containing
  cycasin may be toxic to canids.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as Rudy's Law.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 71.057, Agriculture Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 71.057.  NURSERY DEALERS AND AGENTS; ANNUAL
  REGISTRATION; REQUIRED WARNING TO CONSUMERS.
         SECTION 3.  Section 71.057, Agriculture Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  A nursery dealer or nursery agent must include a written
  statement upon the sale of any species of plant containing cycasin
  warning the end user of the plant that the ingestion of the plant by
  canids can be harmful or fatal.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.