Bill Text: TX SB395 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the performance of pest control work by persons who hold a commercial or noncommercial applicator license issued by the Department of Agriculture.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-09 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB395 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB395-Introduced.html
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| By: Perry | S.B. No. 395 | |
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| relating to the performance of pest control work by persons who hold | ||
| a commercial or noncommercial applicator license issued by the | ||
| Department of Agriculture. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1951.053(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Sections 1951.212 and | ||
| 1951.457(c), this chapter does not apply to: | ||
| (1) a person who performs pest control work on growing | ||
| plants, trees, shrubs, grass, or other horticultural plants if the | ||
| person holds a commercial or noncommercial applicator license from | ||
| the department and issued under Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, that | ||
| covers the pest control work or is under the direct supervision of a | ||
| person who holds a commercial or noncommercial applicator license | ||
| from the department and issued under Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, | ||
| that covers pest control work; or | ||
| (2) a person who performs pest control work on growing | ||
| plants, trees, shrubs, grass, or other horticultural plants or | ||
| rights-of-way if the person: | ||
| (A) is employed by a political subdivision or a | ||
| cemetery; | ||
| (B) is engaged in pest control work or vegetation | ||
| management for the political subdivision or cemetery; | ||
| (C) holds a commercial or noncommercial | ||
| applicator license from the department and issued under Chapter 76, | ||
| Agriculture Code, that covers pest control work or is under the | ||
| direct supervision of a person who holds a commercial or | ||
| noncommercial applicator license from the department and issued | ||
| under Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, that covers pest control work; | ||
| and | ||
| (D) complies with annual continuing education | ||
| required 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, 2021. | ||
