HB-1695: Relating to the transfer of the regulation of motor fuel metering and motor fuel quality from the Department of Agriculture to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; providing civil and administrative penalties; creating criminal offenses; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Craig Goldman
Committee Report Distributed on 04/22/2019
You have voted HB-1695: Relating to the transfer of the regulation of motor fuel metering and motor fuel quality from the Department of Agriculture to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; providing civil and administrative penalties; creating criminal offenses; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees..
HB-1563: Relating to the licensing and regulation of animal export-import processing facilities; providing penalties; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Poncho Nevarez
Received From The House on 05/07/2019
You have voted HB-1563: Relating to the licensing and regulation of animal export-import processing facilities; providing penalties; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees..
HB-1325: Relating to the production and regulation of hemp; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees; creating criminal offenses; providing civil and administrative penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Drew Springer
Effective Immediately on 06/10/2019
You have voted HB-1325: Relating to the production and regulation of hemp; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees; creating criminal offenses; providing civil and administrative penalties..
Program Open Space Trust Fund Act of 2016 [SB-927]
Establishing the Program Open Space Trust Fund; requiring specified appropriations from the General Fund to the Fund to repay specified appropriations or transfers from the Fund to the General Fund; providing that the Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund not subject to specified provisions of law; providing for the uses, purposes, sources of funding, and investment of money of the Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; etc.
SB-927: Program Open Space Trust Fund Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016
Occupational Licenses - Denial for Criminal Conviction - Notice of Prohibition [SB-923]
Clarifying that specified departments of State government and specified units in specified departments of State government are prohibited from denying a specified license to an applicant solely on the basis that the applicant has previously been convicted of a crime except in accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring specified departments of State government and each unit that issues specified licenses in specified departments to post specified notice on their Web sites in a specified manner; etc.
SB-923: Occupational Licenses - Denial for Criminal Conviction - Notice of Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/07/2016
Natural Resources - Black Fly Management and Control - Washington County [SB-876]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, to establish a program to control the spread of black flies in the State under specified circumstances; requiring that the program be implemented initially in Washington County on State-owned property, property owned by a local government, and private property with the owner's consent; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture to accept, use, or expend specified funding to implement the Act; etc.
SB-876: Natural Resources - Black Fly Management and Control - Washington County
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 584 on 05/19/2016
State Government - Occupational Licensing of Ex-Offenders - Transfer of Statutory Provisions [SB-804]
Transferring from the Criminal Procedure Article to the State Government Article the provisions of law relating to the prohibition on the denial by specified departments of State government of an occupational license to an ex-offender solely on the basis that the applicant has been previously convicted of a crime unless a specified determination is made including the factors to be considered in making the determination.
SB-804: State Government - Occupational Licensing of Ex-Offenders - Transfer of Statutory Provisions
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Pugh
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2016
Commercial Sale of Dogs and Cats - Prohibited Acts (Companion Animal Welfare Act) [SB-663]
Prohibiting the sale, transfer, offer to sell or transfer, barter, trade, or auction of dogs and cats at specified locations; authorizing animal control officers and officers of specified humane organizations to enforce specified provisions of the Act; providing that a retail pet store may only offer for sale a dog or cat obtained from specified persons; requiring a retail pet store to post on each dog's cage specified information and maintain a record that includes information about the breeder or dealer, if applicable; etc.
SB-663: Commercial Sale of Dogs and Cats - Prohibited Acts (Companion Animal Welfare Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 572 on 05/19/2016
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Allocation of Funds [SB-645]
Requiring money in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund, beginning in fiscal year 2017, to be allocated in accordance with specified provisions of law; requiring a minimum of $5,000,000 in the Trust Fund be allocated to the Department of Agriculture annually for distribution to soil conservation districts to assist farmers and counties with nonpoint source pollution control projects; establishing the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
SB-645: Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund - Allocation of Funds
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 03/01/2016
Agriculture - Cattle, Swine, and Poultry - Use of Antimicrobial Drugs [SB-607]
Prohibiting a specified owner of cattle, swine, or poultry from administering or authorizing an agent to administer specified antimicrobial drugs in specified cattle, swine, and poultry without a prescription or veterinary feed directive issued by a licensed veterinarian in accordance with specified conditions; requiring a veterinarian who issues a veterinary feed directive to submit to the Department of Agriculture specified information in a specified manner; providing for the application of the Act; etc.
SB-607: Agriculture - Cattle, Swine, and Poultry - Use of Antimicrobial Drugs
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2016
Poultry Litter Management Act [SB-496]
Requiring a specified integrator to place poultry only at a contract operation that maintains a specified nutrient management plan; requiring an integrator to be responsible for the removal and delivery of all excess manure in accordance with specified requirements; requiring integrators, or manure brokers or manure transporters working under contract with an integrator, to deliver excess manure only to specified facilities; etc.
SB-496: Poultry Litter Management Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2016
Income Tax Credit - Qualified Farms - Food Donation Pilot Program [SB-249]
Allowing a qualified farm a credit, for tax years 2016 through 2018, of up to $5,000 against the State income tax; providing that the credit is equal to 50% of the value of an eligible food donation or 75% of the value of donated certified organic produce; providing that the total amount of tax credit certificates issued may not exceed $250,000 per fiscal year; reestablishing the Task Force to Study the Implementation of a Hub and Spoke Program in the Southern Maryland Region and including Montgomery County in the Task Force; etc.
SB-249: Income Tax Credit - Qualified Farms - Food Donation Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Favorable Report By Ways And Means on 04/11/2016