Bill Text: TX HB2548 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the disposal of pesticides.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-13 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2548 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2548-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Stephenson | H.B. No. 2548 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2548: | |||
| By: Cyrier | C.S.H.B. No. 2548 | ||
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| relating to the disposal of pesticides. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 76.009 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 76.009. PESTICIDE DISPOSAL FUND. (a) The pesticide | ||
| disposal fund is a fund in the state treasury outside the general | ||
| revenue fund. The fund consists of: | ||
| (1) money deposited to the credit of the fund under | ||
| Section 76.044; and | ||
| (2) interest earned on the investment of money in the | ||
| fund. | ||
| (b) The department shall administer the fund. Money in the | ||
| fund may be appropriated only for the purposes of the pesticide | ||
| waste and pesticide container collection activities performed | ||
| under Section 76.132. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 76.044, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Of the money received by the department under this | ||
| section, the department shall annually deposit to the credit of the | ||
| pesticide disposal fund under Section 76.009 an amount to cover the | ||
| cost of administering the pesticide waste and pesticide container | ||
| collection activities performed under Section 76.132, not to exceed | ||
| $400,000. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 76.132 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 76.132. DISPOSAL OF PESTICIDE. The department, in | ||
| coordination with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, shall | ||
| organize pesticide waste and pesticide container collection | ||
| activities statewide. The department and Texas A&M AgriLife | ||
| Extension Service may contract for the services of contractors that | ||
| are licensed in the disposal of hazardous waste under Section | ||
| 401.202, Health and Safety Code, or other contractors to implement | ||
| the pesticide waste and pesticide container collection activities | ||
| and facilitate the collection of canceled, unregistered, or | ||
| otherwise unwanted pesticide products and pesticide containers. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
