S.B. No. 378

	AN ACT
	relating to the date by which a pest management zone or cotton
	grower may request an extension of the cotton stalk destruction
	deadline.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsections (b) and (c), Section 74.0032,
	Agriculture Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  If adverse weather conditions or other good cause
	exists, the administrative committee that governs the applicable
	pest management zone may request that the department grant an
	extension of the cotton stalk destruction deadline for any
	specified part of the pest management zone or for the entire pest
	management zone.  A request under this subsection must be made
	within the period specified by department rule [not later than 10
	business days before the applicable cotton stalk destruction
	deadline].  A field is not subject to a hostable cotton fee if the
	department grants an extension of the deadline.  The Texas Boll
	Weevil Eradication Foundation shall submit to the department an
	estimate of the amount by which an extension under this subsection
	will increase the cost of administering the boll weevil eradication
	program.
	(c)  If the applicable administrative committee does not
	request an extension, or if the department denies a request for an
	extension of the cotton stalk destruction deadline for a specified
	part of a pest management zone, a cotton grower may apply for an
	individual extension of the deadline.  A request under this
	subsection must be made within the period specified by department
	rule [not later than 10 business days before the applicable pest
	management zone's stalk destruction deadline].
	SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by Section 74.0032,
	Agriculture Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a request
	for an extension made on or after the effective date of this Act. A
	request for an extension made before the effective date of this Act
	is subject to the law in effect on that date, and that law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 378 passed the Senate on
	April 21, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 378 passed the House on
	May 5, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, one present
	not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor