Bill Text: TX HB3921 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain drugs in bovine breeding stock by or on the prescription of a veterinarian.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Agriculture & Livestock [HB3921 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3921-Introduced.html
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By: Bailes | H.B. No. 3921 |
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relating to the use of certain drugs in bovine breeding stock by or | ||
on the prescription of a veterinarian. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 801, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 801.365 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 801.365. BREEDING STOCK. (a) In this section, | ||
"breeding stock" means a bovine animal intended by its owner or | ||
caretaker, with the input of a veterinarian, to be used for | ||
selective mating to maintain or enhance desirable genetic traits in | ||
future generations and not intended, at the time a drug is | ||
administered to the animal as provided by this section, for human or | ||
animal consumption. The term does not include a market animal. | ||
(b) A veterinarian may administer, prescribe, dispense, or | ||
deliver any drug derived from a naturally occurring hormone in | ||
breeding stock. The veterinarian shall determine and prescribe an | ||
adequate withdrawal time for the drug. | ||
(c) An owner or caretaker may use a drug described by | ||
Subsection (b) in breeding stock in the manner prescribed by a | ||
veterinarian. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2021. |