Bill Text: TX HB92 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of slaughterers by certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB92 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB92-Engrossed.html

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82R12041 TRH-D
By: Cook, Pitts H.B. No. 92

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of slaughterers by certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 148.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 148.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "slaughterer"
means a person engaged in the business of:
(1) slaughtering livestock for profit; or
(2) selling livestock, as a primary business, to be
slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the
seller, in a county:
(A) with a population of one million or more;
(B) that contains two or more municipalities with
a population of 250,000 or more;
(C) that is adjacent to a county described by
Paragraph (B); or
(D) that is adjacent to a county described by
Paragraph (C) and:
(i) has a population of not more than
50,000; and
(ii) contains a municipality with a
population of at least 20,000.
SECTION 2. Section 234.032, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 234.032. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only
in the unincorporated area of a county if the county:
(1) contains two or more municipalities with a
population of 250,000 or more; [or]
(2) is a county adjacent to a county described by
Subdivision (1); or
(3) is a county adjacent to a county described by
Subdivision (2) and:
(A) has a population of not more than 50,000; and
(B) contains a municipality with a population of
at least 20,000.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.