Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.248 · Subchapter K. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS AND RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department and the Department of Agriculture shall execute a memorandum of understanding that:
(1) requires each agency to disclose to the other agency any positive results of testing conducted by the agency for pesticides in food; and
(2) specifies how each agency will assist the other in performing its duties regarding pesticides in food.
(b) The executive commissioner and the Department of Agriculture shall adopt the memorandum of understanding as a rule.
(c) The department and the Department of Agriculture shall request the federal Food and Drug Administration to join in execution of the memorandum of understanding.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0995, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.431.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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