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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sanitary transportation of human and animal food. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 2, Agriculture Code, is amended by adding |
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Chapter 23 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 23. SANITARY TRANSPORTATION OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL FOOD |
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Sec. 23.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "commercial |
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motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 644.001, |
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Transportation Code. |
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Sec. 23.002. RULES. (a) The department by rule shall adopt |
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standards for the sanitary transportation of human and animal food |
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by a commercial motor vehicle. |
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(b) Standards adopted under this section must: |
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(1) be consistent with rules adopted by the Department |
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of Public Safety under Section 644.055, Transportation Code; and |
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(2) comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (21 |
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U.S.C. Section 2201 et seq.). |
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Sec. 23.003. CERTIFIED CLEANING. (a) The department shall |
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establish a certification program to ensure the uniform |
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sanitization of commercial motor vehicles used to transport human |
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or animal food. |
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(b) A person certified under this section shall keep a |
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record of each commercial motor vehicle sanitized in a form |
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approved by the department. |
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(c) The operator of a commercial motor vehicle used for the |
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transportation of human or animal food shall keep with the vehicle a |
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record of each sanitization under this section. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 644, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 644.055 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 644.055. REGULATION OF VEHICLES TRANSPORTING HUMAN OR |
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ANIMAL FOOD. The department shall adopt rules for the inspection of |
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a commercial motor vehicle transporting human or animal food to |
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ensure compliance with the rules adopted by the Department of |
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Agriculture under Section 23.002, Agriculture Code. Rules adopted |
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under this section must be consistent with those rules. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Texas |
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Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules under Chapter 23, |
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Agriculture Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Department of Public |
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Safety shall adopt rules under Section 644.055, Transportation |
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Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |