85R3079 DDT-D     By: Stephenson H.B. No. 572       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 A&M AgriLife Extension Service, shall   organize pesticide waste and pesticide container collection   activities statewide.  The department and 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.