Bill Text: TX HB4616 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to notifications by the Department of Agriculture of certain stop-sale orders applicable to plant products and the seizure or destruction of certain plant products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [HB4616 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4616-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to notifications by the Department of Agriculture of certain stop-sale orders applicable to plant products and the seizure or destruction of certain plant products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [HB4616 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4616-Introduced.html
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| relating to notifications by the Texas Department of Agriculture | ||
| concerning a stop-sale order, seizure, or destruction of certain | ||
| plant or animal products. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Sec. 12.051. to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.051. NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN ACTIONS TAKEN BY | ||
| DEPARTMENT. (a) The Department shall report to the Governor, | ||
| Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and the appropriate | ||
| legislative oversight committees each time the Department issues a | ||
| stop-sale order or otherwise seizes, bars the sale of, or destroys | ||
| any plant or animal product. | ||
| (b) A notification subject to Subsection (a) shall be made | ||
| within 24 hours of the issuance of the applicable order or the | ||
| action taken and shall include the following information: | ||
| (1) the date and time of the order or action taken; | ||
| (2) the location of the plant or animal product | ||
| seized, barred from sale, or destroyed; | ||
| (3) the reason(s) for the issuance of the order or | ||
| action taken, including the agency rule and statute used as | ||
| justification for the issuance of the order or action taken; | ||
| (4) the type and quantity of plant or animal product | ||
| seized, barred from sale, or destroyed; | ||
| (5) the name and contact information of the owner or | ||
| operator of the plant or animal product, if known; | ||
| (6) the name and contact information of the inspector | ||
| or other person responsible for the order or action taken; and, | ||
| (7) any other information deemed relevant by the | ||
| Department. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
