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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