Agriculture Policy and Legislative Issues
Austin Newsletter
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The Austin Newsletter is a weekly newsletter, published during the Texas legislative session, by Texas Farm Bureau describing the latest status on agriculture-related bills in the state legislature.
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June 3, 2011Groundwater ownership; DFCs; electric transmission lines; noxious/invasive species; horse teeth floating/filing; TAHC fees; warehouse reforms; and ag use valuation.
May 27, 2011Groundwater Ownership; TTC repeal; signing of the eminent domain bill; signing of the landowner liability bill; redistricting maps; bringing a derby to Texas; farm tags; property valuation; and tax exemption numbers for ag producers.
May 20, 2011Hunting feral hogs from a helicopter; grain indemnification; trespassing; repealing establishment of the Trans-Texas Corridor; and the signing of HB 612 and HB 613 by the governor.
May 13, 2011Progress on the grain indemnity fund; eminent domain; cotton stalk destruction; passage of HB 716; and farm tags.
May 6, 2011Groundwater ownership and rights; trespassing; TxDOT Sunset; SOAH hearing on contested groundwater permit cases; and hunting feral hogs from a helicopter.
April 29, 2011House passes the commercial breeders bill; SB 1306 and DFCs; and the passage of redistricting map in the House.
April 22, 2011House approval of ag sales tax exemption number; and TFB neutral on building standards bills and on SB 693, which would allow applicants seeking groundwater permits or permit amendments to have their contested cases heard before SOAH.
April 15, 2011SB 18 and HB 338 pass House; bison owner protection passes Senate; SB 479 passes Senate to limit liabilities connected to farm animal activities; SJR 16 passes in Senate; and SB 737 passes in both Houses.
April 8, 2011Update on bills regarding TTC, water use reporting and building standards; and House passes bills for hunting feral hogs and notification of new disposal wells.
April 1, 2011Senate passes groundwater ownership bill; and updates on water utility districts, de-annexation, unfunded mandates and farm tags.
March 25, 2011Eminent domain reform; groundwater ownership; surface owners' rights; limiting municipalities' power in extraterritorial jurisdictions; reducing conversion to toll roads; reducing liability for damages caused by farm animal activity; tax exemption numbers for ag producers; changing deadlines for cotton stalk destruction; and voter ID.
March 18, 2011Reporting groundwater usage; tax exemption numbers; tapping the Rainy Day Fund; allocations for career and technical education; tougher requirements for care and confinement of dogs; TTC repeal; and rail availability.
March 11, 2011Groundwater rights; aquifer DFCs; grain indemnity fund; surface water rights; regulation of state waters; hunting private property without a license; and a rural health care grant program.
March 4, 2011Notification about applications for commercial disposal wells; grain indemnity fund; lower property valuation for water stewardship; and requiring licenses for commercial breeders.
February 25, 2011Taxes on property owners for school maintenance; increasing staff for appraisal districts; restricting how State Highway Funds are used; treating animals without a vet license; and establishing a Texas derby.
February 18, 2011Bills regarding groundwater; local control for school districts; and career and technical training for rural high school students.
February 11, 2011Eminent domain reform; protection for bison producers; liability for farm animals; and repealing the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC).
February 4, 2011Bill limiting eminent domain power of groundwater districts; illegal timber harvesting; and allowing hunting of feral hogs by helicopter.
January 28, 2011Taxes; transportation; noxious and invasive plants; budget; fertilizer; and voter ID.
January 21, 2011Voter identification; HB 116 to remove the Texas Transportation Commission; homestead appraisal value for taxation in HB 312; and regulation of grain warehouse operators.
January 14, 2011Legislative priorities: eminent domain reform; groundwater ownership rights; and producer-led grain indemnity fund.
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