Bill Text: TX HB2311 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to an animal identification program.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Effective immediately [HB2311 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2311-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to an animal identification program.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Effective immediately [HB2311 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2311-Introduced.html
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By: Kacal | H.B. No. 2311 |
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relating to a state animal identification program and the | ||
identification of animals vaccinated for or infected with | ||
brucellosis. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 161.056(a) and (c), Agriculture Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In order to provide for disease control and enhance the | ||
ability to trace disease-infected animals or animals that have been | ||
exposed to disease, the commission may develop and implement a | ||
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more stringent than the federal animal disease traceability or | ||
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(c) The commission may require the use of official | ||
identification numbers assigned as part of the state animal | ||
identification program [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 163.064(c), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) The commission may by rule regulate and require the | ||
vaccination of female cattle within all or any of the area | ||
classifications. Among other rules, the commission may adopt rules | ||
providing for: | ||
(1) the identification of cattle to be vaccinated | ||
consistent with Section 161.056; | ||
(2) approval of the vaccine used; and | ||
(3) the method of administering the vaccine. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 163.065(a), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) If a tested animal shows evidence of infection with | ||
brucellosis, the person performing the test shall handle the animal | ||
in accordance with the rules of the commission. The commission may | ||
prescribe requirements according to the classification of the area | ||
in which the animal is located. Among other requirements, the | ||
commission may require the person performing the test to: | ||
(1) furnish the owner of the animal with written data | ||
showing that the animal is infected; | ||
(2) fire brand the animal on the left jaw with the | ||
letter "B"; and | ||
(3) place an approved, numbered identification on the | ||
animal consistent with Section 161.056[ |
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SECTION 4. Sections 161.056(b), (d), (g), and (h), | ||
Agriculture Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) The repeal by this Act of Section | ||
161.056(g), Agriculture Code, does not apply to an offense | ||
committed under that subsection before the effective date of this | ||
Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before | ||
the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs | ||
before that date. | ||
(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this | ||
Act is governed by Section 161.056(g), Agriculture Code, as it | ||
existed when the offense was committed, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2013. |