By: Stephenson, González of El Paso	H.B. No. 572
	(Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;
	May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; May 16, 2017, reported
	favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 16, 2017, sent
	to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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 Commission on Environmental Quality and
	the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, shall organize pesticide
	waste and pesticide container collection activities statewide.  The
	department, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the
	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, 2017.
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