Bill Text: TX HB2791 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the date by which a pest management zone or cotton grower may request an extension of the cotton stalk destruction deadline.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-05 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2791 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2791-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the date by which a pest management zone or cotton grower may request an extension of the cotton stalk destruction deadline.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-05 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2791 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2791-Introduced.html
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By: Hunter | H.B. No. 2791 |
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relating to the date by which a pest management zone may request an | ||
extension of the cotton stalk destruction deadline. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 74.0032(b), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) If adverse weather conditions or other good cause | ||
exists, the administrative committee that governs the applicable | ||
pest management zone may request that the department grant an | ||
extension of the cotton stalk destruction deadline for any | ||
specified part of the pest management zone or for the entire pest | ||
management zone. A request under this subsection must be made | ||
within the period specified by department rule [ |
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department grants an extension of the deadline. The Texas Boll | ||
Weevil Eradication Foundation shall submit to the department an | ||
estimate of the amount by which an extension under this subsection | ||
will increase the cost of administering the boll weevil eradication | ||
program. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 74.0032, | ||
Agriculture Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a request | ||
for an extension made on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
request for an extension made before the effective date of this Act | ||
is subject to the law in effect on that date, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |