Bill Text: TX SB867 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an animal share exemption for certain meat and meat food products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB867 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB867-Introduced.html
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| By: Springer | S.B. No. 867 | |
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| relating to an animal share exemption for certain meat and meat food | ||
| products. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 433, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 433.0065 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 433.0065. ANIMAL SHARE EXEMPTION. (a) In this | ||
| section, "animal share" means an ownership interest in livestock | ||
| created by a contract between a consumer and a farmer or rancher who | ||
| owns the livestock. | ||
| (b) An animal share executed by a consumer and a farmer or | ||
| rancher under this section must include: | ||
| (1) a bill of sale provided to the consumer by the | ||
| farmer or rancher conveying to the consumer an ownership interest | ||
| in the livestock; | ||
| (2) a provision authorizing the farmer or rancher to | ||
| board the livestock and arrange preparation of the livestock as | ||
| meat and meat food products for the consumer; and | ||
| (3) a provision entitling the consumer to a share of | ||
| meat and meat food products derived from the livestock. | ||
| (c) The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of | ||
| the slaughter of livestock and the preparation of meat and meat food | ||
| products at establishments conducting those operations do not apply | ||
| to the slaughtering of livestock and preparation of meat and meat | ||
| food products if: | ||
| (1) ownership of the livestock under an animal share | ||
| is established before the livestock is slaughtered and the meat and | ||
| meat food products are prepared; | ||
| (2) the meat and meat food products are: | ||
| (A) prepared from livestock subject to an animal | ||
| share and delivered to the establishment by the farmer or rancher | ||
| boarding the livestock; and | ||
| (B) following preparation, delivered directly to | ||
| the consumer who owns the animal share; | ||
| (3) on delivery of the meat or meat food products to | ||
| the consumer, the establishment provides notice to the consumer | ||
| that the meat or meat food products have not been inspected by the | ||
| department in: | ||
| (A) a separate written statement that | ||
| prominently displays the warning; or | ||
| (B) a warning statement prominently displayed on | ||
| a label affixed to the packaging of the meat or meat food products; | ||
| and | ||
| (4) the farmer or rancher provides to the consumer | ||
| information describing the standards the farmer or rancher followed | ||
| with respect to livestock health and the preparation of meat and | ||
| meat food products derived from the livestock. | ||
| (d) A consumer may not sell, donate, or commercially | ||
| redistribute meat or meat food products delivered to the consumer | ||
| in accordance with this section. | ||
| (e) A farmer or rancher may not publish a statement that | ||
| implies department approval or endorsement regarding meat or meat | ||
| food products delivered pursuant to an animal share. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 433.024(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The department shall inspect each slaughtering | ||
| establishment whose primary business is the selling of livestock to | ||
| be slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the | ||
| seller. This subsection does not nullify the provisions in Section | ||
| 433.006 relating to personal use exemption or Section 433.0065 | ||
| relating to animal share exemption. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
