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  H.B. No. 2222
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the membership of the Food and Fibers Research Council.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.002, Agriculture Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 42.002.  ORGANIZATION.  The Food and Fibers Research
  Council is composed of the following members appointed by the
  commissioner:
               (1)  the commissioner or the commissioner's designee;
               (2)  two representatives of the Texas Cotton Producers
  Association;
               (3)  a representative of the Texas Cotton Association;
               (4)  a representative of the Texas Cotton Ginners
  Association;
               (5)  a representative of the Texas Independent Ginners
  Association;
               (6)  a representative of the Texas Agriculture
  Cooperative Council;
               (7)  a representative of the Mohair Council of America;
               (8)  a representative of the Texas Sheep and Goat
  Raisers Association;
               (9)  a Texas representative of the National Cottonseed
  Products Association;
               (10)  a [Texas] representative of the peanut industry
  [Southwest Peanut Growers Association];
               (11)  a representative of the textile or fashion
  industry; and
               (12)  a representative of the food processing industry.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the commissioner of agriculture shall appoint a member
  of the Food and Fibers Research Council in accordance with Section
  42.002(10), Agriculture Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2222 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2222 was passed by the Senate on May
  23, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor