Bill Text: TX HB2993 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a game animal meat safety task force.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2993 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2993-Introduced.html
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| By: King of Zavala | H.B. No. 2993 | |
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| relating to the creation of a game animal meat safety task force. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. GAME ANIMAL MEAT SAFETY TASK FORCE. (a) In this | ||
| section, "task force" means the game animal meat safety task force. | ||
| (b) The task force is composed of the following nine | ||
| members: | ||
| (1) the chair of the House Public Health Committee or | ||
| its successor; | ||
| (2) the chair of the Senate Health and Human Services | ||
| Committee or its successor; | ||
| (3) the chairs of the committees of the house and | ||
| senate with primary jurisdiction over parks and wildlife; | ||
| (4) the chairs of the committees of the house and | ||
| senate with primary jurisdiction over agriculture; and | ||
| (5) three members of the public who have demonstrated | ||
| a high level of knowledge on the issue of game animal meat safety, | ||
| one of whom shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be | ||
| appointed by the lieutenant governor, and one of whom shall be | ||
| appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
| (c) The chairs of the house and senate committees with | ||
| primary jurisdiction over agriculture shall serve as co-presiding | ||
| officers of the task force. | ||
| (d) The task force shall: | ||
| (1) study and examine trends in the commercially | ||
| raised game meat industry in this state, including the current | ||
| regulations and safeguards regarding game meat, and the differences | ||
| in the inspection of game meats compared to the inspection of | ||
| traditional meats, including beef, pork, and poultry; and | ||
| (2) develop a short-term and a long-term commercially | ||
| raised game animal food safety plan to strengthen safeguards for | ||
| commercially raised native and nonnative wildlife game animals. | ||
| (e) A task force member is not entitled to compensation for | ||
| the services provided as a task force member. Subject to | ||
| availability of funds, a task force member may receive | ||
| reimbursement for the member's actual and necessary expenses | ||
| incurred in performing task force duties. | ||
| (f) The task force shall meet at the call of one of the | ||
| co-presiding officers and may hold additional meetings by telephone | ||
| conference call if necessary. | ||
| (g) The task force shall hold at least three public hearings | ||
| in locations selected by the task force to provide interested | ||
| persons an opportunity to appear and speak on any subject relating | ||
| to the powers and duties of the task force. | ||
| (h) Not later than December 1, 2014, the task force must | ||
| submit the short-term and the long-term commercially raised game | ||
| animal food safety plans to the governor, lieutenant governor, and | ||
| speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
| (i) The task force is abolished and this Act expires January | ||
| 1, 2015. | ||
| (j) Not later than December 1, 2013, the governor, the | ||
| lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives shall appoint the members of the task force created | ||
| under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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. | ||
