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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the slaughter and processing of exotic animals for |
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donation to a nonprofit food bank. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 433.006, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 433.006. EXEMPTION FOR PERSONAL USE OR DONATION TO |
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NONPROFIT FOOD BANK [EXEMPTION]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 433.006(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of |
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the slaughter of livestock and the preparation of carcasses, parts |
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of carcasses, meat, and meat food products at establishments |
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conducting those operations do not apply to the slaughtering of |
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livestock or the preparation and transportation in intrastate |
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commerce of those articles if: |
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(1) the articles are: |
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(A) livestock exclusively for personal use by the |
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owner of the livestock, a member of the owner's family, or a |
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nonpaying guest of the owner; or |
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(B) exotic animals exclusively for donation by a |
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hunter to a nonprofit food bank, as defined by Section 418.026(a), |
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Government Code; |
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(2) the slaughter or preparation is conducted at the |
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owner's premises, premises where the hunter killed the exotic |
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animal, or at a processing establishment; and |
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(3) the transportation is limited to moving the |
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carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products to and |
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from: |
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(A) the owner's premises and a processing |
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establishment; or |
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(B) the premises where the hunter killed the |
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exotic animal, the processing establishment, and the nonprofit food |
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bank. |
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SECTION 3. Section 433.024(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The department shall inspect each slaughtering |
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establishment whose primary business is the selling of livestock to |
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be slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the |
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seller. This subsection does not nullify the provisions in Section |
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433.006 relating to exemptions [personal use exemption]. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |