Texas HB 3479: Relating to the prohibition of housing discrimination on the basis of an individual's criminal history and to the enforcement of that prohibition.

Bill Text

89(R) HB 3479 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 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