Bill Text: TX HB4413 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a task force to make recommendations for updating the livestock brand registration process.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-16 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [HB4413 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4413-Engrossed.html
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| By: Guillen, Cain, Burns, et al. | H.B. No. 4413 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a task force to make | ||
| recommendations for updating the livestock brand registration | ||
| process. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 144, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER D. UPDATED LIVESTOCK BRAND REGISTRATION TASK FORCE | ||
| Sec. 144.061. ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION OF TASK FORCE. | ||
| (a) The updated livestock brand registration task force is | ||
| established under this subchapter to make recommendations for | ||
| updating the process of brand registration before the upcoming | ||
| brand registration renewals required in 2031. | ||
| (b) The Texas Animal Health Commission shall establish the | ||
| task force. The task force is composed of: | ||
| (1) two representatives from the County and District | ||
| Clerks Association of Texas; | ||
| (2) two representatives from county sheriff's | ||
| departments; | ||
| (3) two representatives from the Texas and | ||
| Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association; | ||
| (4) two representatives from the Independent | ||
| Cattlemen's Association of Texas; | ||
| (5) two representatives from the Texas Sheep and Goat | ||
| Raisers Association; | ||
| (6) two representatives from the Texas Pork Producers | ||
| Association; | ||
| (7) two representatives from the Texas A&M AgriLife | ||
| Extension Service; and | ||
| (8) two representatives from any other association or | ||
| department that the Texas Animal Health Commission determines | ||
| necessary. | ||
| Sec. 144.062. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE. The updated livestock | ||
| brand registration task force shall: | ||
| (1) develop recommendations for the implementation of | ||
| a digital registration method for livestock brands that: | ||
| (A) is standard across all counties; | ||
| (B) uses a database that will standardize the | ||
| format of information for all counties; and | ||
| (C) has other attributes of functionality that | ||
| the task force identifies as useful; | ||
| (2) develop recommendations for a technology to | ||
| identify livestock that would be standardized across the state and: | ||
| (A) allows the information to be read wirelessly | ||
| at a distance of at least 30 feet; | ||
| (B) interfaces with the statewide digital brand | ||
| database; | ||
| (C) is easy to implement across all producers, | ||
| including large scale and small scale producers; | ||
| (D) allows easy identification of the owners of | ||
| estray livestock; and | ||
| (E) has other attributes of functionality that | ||
| the task force identifies as useful; | ||
| (3) develop recommendations for updating Chapter 142, | ||
| Agriculture Code, that: | ||
| (A) would simplify and speed the process of | ||
| reuniting estray livestock with owners; | ||
| (B) reduces the operational and financial burden | ||
| placed on law enforcement and political subdivisions associated | ||
| with estray livestock; and | ||
| (C) has other attributes of functionality that | ||
| the task force identifies as useful; | ||
| (4) develop recommendations for creating a digital | ||
| guide of best practices for livestock owners, political | ||
| subdivisions, and law enforcement agencies associated with estray | ||
| livestock and livestock branding and identification; and | ||
| (5) establish other goals or recommendations the task | ||
| force identifies as within its scope and worth pursuing or | ||
| recommending. | ||
| Sec. 144.063. GIFTS. The updated livestock brand | ||
| registration task force may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and | ||
| donations from public and private entities to use for the purposes | ||
| of this subchapter. | ||
| Sec. 144.064. REPORTS. The updated livestock brand | ||
| registration task force shall prepare and submit reports based on | ||
| the task force's recommendations to the governor, lieutenant | ||
| governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs | ||
| of the relevant legislative committees. The task force shall | ||
| submit: | ||
| (1) a first interim report not later than December 1, | ||
| 2024; | ||
| (2) a second interim report not later than December 1, | ||
| 2026; | ||
| (3) a third interim report not later than December 1, | ||
| 2028; | ||
| (4) a final interim report not later than December 1, | ||
| 2030; and | ||
| (5) not later than December 1, 2032, a comprehensive | ||
| report of the task force's analysis and findings after the | ||
| implementation of the updated brand registration process following | ||
| the brand renewal in 2031. | ||
| Sec. 144.065. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires January | ||
| 1, 2033. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
