88R739 MP-D
	By: Bailes, Lambert, Kuempel, Cain,	H.B. No. 590
	Thompson of Harris, et al.

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the labeling and sale of Texas honey.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 131, Agriculture Code, is
	amended by adding Section 131.085 to read as follows:
	Sec. 131.085.  USE OF "TEXAS HONEY" ON LABEL. A person may
	not label, sell, or keep, offer, or expose for sale a product
	identified on its label as "Texas honey" unless the product
	consists exclusively of honey produced from apiaries in Texas.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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