Bill Text: TX HB1521 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the slaughter of certain domestic or exotic fowl infected with or exposed to disease and compensation of owners of fowl infected with or exposed to disease.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-24 - Effective immediately [HB1521 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1521-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1521 |
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relating to the slaughter of certain domestic or exotic fowl | ||
infected with or exposed to disease and compensation of owners of | ||
fowl infected with or exposed to disease. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 161.0415, Agriculture | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 161.0415. DISPOSAL OF DISEASED OR EXPOSED LIVESTOCK OR | ||
FOWL. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 161.0415(a) and (b), Agriculture Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission by order may require the slaughter of | ||
livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl, under the direction of | ||
the commission, or the sale of livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic | ||
fowl for immediate slaughter at a public slaughtering establishment | ||
maintaining federal or state inspection if the livestock, domestic | ||
fowl, or exotic fowl is exposed to or infected with a disease other | ||
than bluetongue or vesicular stomatitis that: | ||
(1) is recognized by the United States Department of | ||
Agriculture as a foreign animal disease; | ||
(2) is the subject of a cooperative eradication | ||
program with the United States Department of Agriculture; | ||
(3) is named on "List A" of the Office International | ||
Des Epizooties; or | ||
(4) is the subject of a state of emergency, as declared | ||
by the governor. | ||
(b) The commission by order may require the slaughter and | ||
disposal of livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl exposed to or | ||
infected with a disease not listed in Subsection (a) if the | ||
commission determines that action to be necessary for the | ||
protection of animal health in this state. The commission shall | ||
immediately deliver a copy of an order issued under this subsection | ||
to the appropriate legislative oversight committees. | ||
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 161.058, Agriculture | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 161.058. COMPENSATION OF LIVESTOCK OR FOWL OWNER. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 161.058(a) and (c), Agriculture Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission may pay an indemnity to the owner of | ||
livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl exposed to or infected | ||
with a disease if the commission considers it necessary to | ||
eradicate the disease and to dispose of the exposed or diseased | ||
livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl. The commission shall | ||
provide the owner with information regarding available state or | ||
federal indemnity funds. | ||
(c) The commission may spend funds appropriated for the | ||
purpose of this section only for direct payment to owners of exposed | ||
or infected livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl. | ||
SECTION 5. 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 certify that H.B. No. 1521 was passed by the House on April | ||
11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1521 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
9, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |