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Relating to the Rio Grande vegetative management program, the official text

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H.B. No. 3479

AN ACT

relating to the Rio Grande vegetative management program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 201.0225, Agriculture Code, is amended

to read as follows:

Sec. 201.0225. RIO GRANDE VEGETATIVE MANAGEMENT [CARRIZO

CANE ERADICATION] PROGRAM. The state board shall develop and

implement the Rio Grande vegetative management [a] program to

manage [eradicate] Carrizo cane and other noxious vegetation that

impedes border security along the Rio Grande River.

SECTION 2. 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, 2025.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3479 was passed by the House on April

30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 9, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3479 was passed by the Senate on May

21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor
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