Bill Text: TX SB1720 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the identification of breeder deer by use of microchip implants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Left pending in committee [SB1720 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1720-Introduced.html
85R9191 SLB-F | ||
By: Estes | S.B. No. 1720 |
|
||
|
||
relating to the identification of breeder deer by use of microchip | ||
implants. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 43.3561, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 43.3561. IDENTIFICATION OF BREEDER DEER. (a) Not | ||
later than March 31 of the year following the year in which a [ |
||
breeder deer is born, the [ |
||
breeding facility must be identified by: | ||
(1) placing on each breeder deer possessed by the deer | ||
breeder a single, reasonably visible, durable identification tag | ||
bearing an alphanumeric number of not more than four characters | ||
assigned by the department to the breeding facility in which the | ||
breeder deer was born and unique to that breeder deer; or | ||
(2) implanting in the breeder deer a microchip that is | ||
programmed to contain the alphanumeric number described by | ||
Subdivision (1). | ||
(b) A deer breeder is not required to remove the durable | ||
identification tag or microchip for any purpose but may remove the | ||
tag or microchip and replace the tag or microchip immediately to | ||
meet the requirements of this section. | ||
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a [ |
||
may not remove or knowingly permit the removal of a breeder deer | ||
held in a facility by a permittee under this subchapter unless the | ||
breeder deer has been permanently and legibly tattooed in one ear | ||
with the unique identification number assigned to the breeder in | ||
lawful possession of the breeder deer and specific to the breeding | ||
facility in which the breeder deer was born or initially introduced | ||
if from an out-of-state source. | ||
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a [ |
||
may not knowingly accept or permit the acceptance of a breeder deer | ||
into a facility regulated under this subchapter unless the breeder | ||
deer has been permanently and legibly tattooed in one ear with the | ||
unique identification number assigned to the breeder in lawful | ||
possession of the breeder deer and specific to the facility in which | ||
the breeder deer was born or initially introduced if from an | ||
out-of-state source. | ||
(e) Instead of using a tattoo to identify a breeder deer | ||
under Subsection (c) or (d), a deer breeder may identify a deer by | ||
using a department-approved microchip implanted under the deer's | ||
skin. | ||
(f) The department annually may inspect a deer breeding | ||
facility that uses microchip implants to identify breeder deer to | ||
ensure compliance with this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 43.357(a-1) and (b), Parks and Wildlife | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A deer breeder, a deer breeder's authorized agent, or | ||
an assistant who is not a permittee under this subchapter but is | ||
acting under the direction of a deer breeder or a deer breeder's | ||
authorized agent may capture a breeder deer held in a permitted | ||
facility for: | ||
(1) removal from an enclosure; | ||
(2) veterinary treatment; | ||
(3) tagging or implanting a microchip; | ||
(4) euthanasia for the purpose of: | ||
(A) humane dispatch of the breeder deer; or | ||
(B) the conduct of a test for a reportable | ||
disease as required by law; or | ||
(5) any other purpose required or allowed by law. | ||
(b) The commission may make regulations governing: | ||
(1) the possession of breeder deer held under the | ||
authority of this subchapter; | ||
(2) the recapture of lawfully possessed breeder deer | ||
that have escaped from the facility of a deer breeder; | ||
(3) permit applications and fees; | ||
(4) reporting requirements; | ||
(5) procedures and requirements for the purchase, | ||
transfer, sale, or shipment of breeder deer; | ||
(6) the endorsement of a deer breeder facility by a | ||
certified wildlife biologist; | ||
(7) the number of breeder deer that a deer breeder may | ||
possess; [ |
||
(8) the dates for which a deer breeder permit is valid; | ||
and | ||
(9) the use of microchip implants for identifying | ||
breeder deer under this section. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |