Bill Text: TX SB880 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to certain committees and programs to develop the wine industry in this state through the Department of Agriculture.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB880 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB880-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain committees and programs to develop the wine industry in this state through the Department of Agriculture.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB880 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB880-Comm_Sub.html
By: Nelson | S.B. No. 880 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2015; March 4, 2015, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; | ||
March 31, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, | ||
Nays 0; March 31, 2015, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to certain committees and programs to develop the wine | ||
industry in this state through the Department of Agriculture. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 50B.002, Agriculture | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 50B.002. WINE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT [ |
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 50B.002, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and | ||
(g) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner shall appoint a wine industry | ||
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(1) develop a long-term vision and marketable identity | ||
for the wine industry in the state that take into consideration | ||
future industry development, funding, research, educational | ||
programming, risk management, and marketing; [ |
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(2) assist the commissioner in establishing and | ||
implementing the Texas Wine Marketing Assistance Program under | ||
Chapter 110, Alcoholic Beverage Code; and | ||
(3) assist and advise the commissioner in determining | ||
the best and most productive and efficient expenditures of the wine | ||
industry development fund. | ||
(b) The committee consists of members appointed by the | ||
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industry, including representatives of: | ||
(1) grape growers representing various regions of this | ||
state; | ||
(2) wineries representing a variety of small, medium, | ||
and large formats from the various regions of this state; | ||
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viticulture or enology; | ||
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alcoholic beverage industry; | ||
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(b-1) The members described by Subsections (b)(4) and (6) | ||
are nonvoting members. | ||
(g) Not later than September 1 of each year, the committee | ||
shall provide the commissioner with a written report containing: | ||
(1) a summary of the committee's discussions, | ||
conclusions, and recommendations from the fiscal year preceding | ||
that date; | ||
(2) a proposed schedule and plan of action for the | ||
fiscal year beginning on that date designed to implement and | ||
further the objectives of this chapter and Chapter 110, Alcoholic | ||
Beverage Code; | ||
(3) a proposed budget and prioritized spending plan | ||
for expenditures of the wine industry development fund; and | ||
(4) other information requested by the commissioner or | ||
determined by a majority of the committee to be appropriate for | ||
inclusion in the report. | ||
SECTION 3. Chapter 50B, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 50B.0025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 50B.0025. ANNUAL PLAN AND BUDGET. Not later than | ||
November 1 of each year, the commissioner shall prepare for the | ||
current fiscal year the schedule and plan of action and budget and | ||
prioritized spending plan described by Section 50B.002(g), | ||
considering the recommendations of the committee under that section | ||
and following them to the extent the commissioner considers | ||
appropriate. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 50B.003(b), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Sections 205.03(l), (m), and (n), | ||
Alcoholic Beverage Code, money [ |
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appropriated only to the department and may be used only for the | ||
purpose of: | ||
(1) providing funding to public or private entities to | ||
conduct surveys, research, and other projects related to: | ||
(A) developing the Texas wine industry; | ||
(B) developing viticulture and enology-related | ||
education programs; | ||
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pests that negatively impact the production of grapes and wine in | ||
the United States; and | ||
(D) developing technologies or practices that | ||
could benefit the production of grapes and wine; and | ||
(2) any administrative costs the department incurs in | ||
fulfilling the purposes described by Subdivision (1). | ||
SECTION 5. Section 50B.0015, Agriculture Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. On the effective date of this Act, the wine | ||
industry development and marketing advisory committee is | ||
abolished. The commissioner of agriculture may appoint a person | ||
who previously served on that committee to the wine industry | ||
development advisory committee established under Section 50B.002, | ||
Agriculture Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
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