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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to administrative penalties imposed by the Texas Animal |
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Health Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 161.148(a) and (b), Agriculture Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission may impose an administrative penalty on |
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[against] a person who violates this subtitle or a rule or order |
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adopted under this subtitle. |
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(b) The penalty for a violation may be in an amount not to |
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exceed $5,000 [$1,000]. Each day a violation continues or occurs is |
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a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty. The amount |
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of the penalty shall not be based on a per head basis. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a violation committed on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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violation committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the violation was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, a violation was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the violation occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |