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  89R4226 MP-D     By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 1277       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the study of plant disease and pest outbreaks by the   Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 71, Agriculture Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter Z to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER Z.   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS           Sec.   71.901.     REPORT ON DISEASES AND PESTS. (a)   In this   section, "extension service" means the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension   Service.           (b)     The extension service shall annually conduct a study of   each plant disease or pest outbreak in this state.           (c)     In conducting the study under Subsection (b), the   extension service shall determine for each outbreak of a plant   disease or pest:                 (1)  the duration of the outbreak;                 (2)  how the outbreak was resolved, if applicable; and                 (3)     any other information the extension service   determines is relevant.           (d)     Not later than January 1 of each year, the extension   service shall prepare and publish on the extension service's   Internet website a report of the previous year's study conducted   under this section.           (e)     Not later than January 1, 2028, the extension service   shall prepare and publish on the extension service's Internet   website a report summarizing each annual report published under   Subsection (d) and providing policy recommendations to address   outbreaks of plant diseases and pests. The extension service shall   provide the report to the governor, commissioner, lieutenant   governor, and speaker of the house of representatives.           (f)  This section expires January 31, 2028.          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.