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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the repeal of the permit requirement for the intrastate |
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shipment of bees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 131.121(a), Agriculture Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person: |
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(1) violates a provision of Section 131.022 or 131.023 |
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[of this code]; |
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(2) fails to report diseased bees in accordance with |
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Section 131.025 [of this code]; |
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(3) ships or causes bees or equipment to be shipped |
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into this state [or between counties in this state] without the |
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permit required by Section 131.041 [or 131.043 of this chapter]; |
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(4) violates a rule, order, or quarantine of the chief |
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apiary inspector adopted under this chapter; |
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(5) prevents or attempts to prevent an inspection of |
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bees, equipment, pollen, or honey under the direction of the |
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inspector under this chapter; |
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(6) prevents or attempts to prevent the discovery or |
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treatment of diseased bees; |
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(7) interferes with or attempts to interfere with the |
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inspector in the discharge of the duties under this chapter; |
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(8) as the owner or keeper of a diseased colony of |
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bees, barters, gives away, sells, ships, or moves diseased bees, |
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equipment, pollen, or honey or exposes other bees to the disease; |
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(9) exposes honey, pollen, hives, frames, combs, bees, |
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or appliances known to be diseased in a manner that provides access |
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to bees; or |
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(10) sells, offers for sale, barters, gives away, |
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ships, or distributes honey or pollen taken from a colony of |
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diseased bees. |
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SECTION 2. Section 131.043, Agriculture Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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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, 2023. |