80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1719, Chapter 875 Page: 1 of 6
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Chapter 875
H.B. No. 1719
1 AN ACT
2 relating to requiring landowners to report the burial of certain
3 animal carcasses.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Sections 201.026(b), (c), (h), (i), and (j),
6 Agriculture Code, are amended to read as follows:
7 (b) As the lead agency, the state board shall:
8 (1) plan, implement, and manage programs and practices
9 for abating agricultural and silvicultural nonpoint source
10 pollution;
11 (2) have as a goal:
12 (A) setting priorities among voluntary efforts
13 to reduce nonpoint source pollution and promoting those efforts in
14 a manner consistent with the priorities; and
15 (B) assisting landowners to prevent regulatory
16 enforcement actions related to nonpoint source pollution; and
17 (3) provide to the agricultural community information
18 regarding the jurisdictions of the state board and the Texas
19 [N tural or ConsrD .crva..ti4-o] Commission on Environmental
20 Quality related to nonpoint source pollution.
21 (c) Except as required by Subchapter L, Chapter 26, Water
22 Code, a permit or other authorization is not required under that
23 chapter as a prerequisite for the land application of animal waste
24 for beneficial use at agronomic rates to property that is not owned
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1719, Chapter 875, legislative document, 2007-04/2007-06; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154832/m1/1/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.