Bill Text: TX SB98 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 98

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the costs associated with the assessment and destruction of certain deer.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB98 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB98-Introduced.html

	89R4210 BEE-F

	By: Hall	S.B. No. 98



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the costs associated with the assessment and
	destruction of certain deer.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 43.955(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) The department [~~applicable permit holder~~] shall pay all
	costs associated with:
	(1) an epidemiological assessment conducted under
	this subchapter to the animal health commission; and
	(2) [~~except as provided by Subsection (b),~~] the
	destruction of deer under this subchapter, including any costs
	associated with the disposal of the deer [~~to the department~~].
	SECTION 2. Sections 43.955(b) and (c), Parks and Wildlife
	Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to the payment of costs arising from an epidemiological assessment
	conducted, or the destruction of deer commenced, on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	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, 2025.