Bill Text: TX SB174 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the control of stray bison and other estrays.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-10 - Effective immediately [SB174 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB174-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 174 | ||
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| relating to the control of stray bison and other estrays. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 142.001, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (2) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (1) "Estray" means stray livestock, stray exotic | ||
| livestock, stray bison, or stray exotic fowl. | ||
| (2) "Perilous condition" means a circumstance or | ||
| condition in which capture and impoundment of an estray presents an | ||
| immediate threat to law enforcement personnel or to the health of | ||
| the estray. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 142.003, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
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| (c) After receiving a report under Subsection (a) [ |
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| sheriff or the sheriff's designee shall notify the owner, if known, | ||
| that the estray's location has been reported, except that if the | ||
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| (d) If the owner does not immediately remove the estray: | ||
| (1) the sheriff or the sheriff's designee may proceed | ||
| with the impoundment process prescribed by Section 142.009; or | ||
| (2) if a perilous condition exists, the sheriff or the | ||
| sheriff's designee may proceed with disposition of the estray under | ||
| Section 142.015. | ||
| SECTION 3. Chapter 142, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 142.015 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 142.015. DISPOSITION OF ESTRAY UNDER PERILOUS | ||
| CONDITION. (a) A sheriff or a sheriff's designee is not required | ||
| to impound an estray if a perilous condition exists. | ||
| (b) If a perilous condition exists, the sheriff or the | ||
| sheriff's designee may immediately dispose of the estray by any | ||
| means without notifying the owner of the estray. | ||
| (c) The sheriff shall make a written report of the | ||
| disposition and file the report with the county clerk for placement | ||
| in the county estray records. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 174 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 174 passed the House on | ||
| April 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
