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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the slaughtering of livestock. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 148.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 148.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "slaughterer" |
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means a person engaged in the business of[: |
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[(1)] slaughtering livestock for profit[; or |
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[(2) selling livestock, as a primary business, to be |
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slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the |
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seller, in a county: |
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[(A) with a population of one million or more; |
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[(B) that contains two or more municipalities |
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with a population of 250,000 or more; |
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[(C) that is adjacent to a county described by |
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Paragraph (B); or |
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[(D) that is adjacent to a county described by |
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Paragraph (C) and: |
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[(i) has a population of not more than |
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50,000 and contains a municipality with a population of at least |
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20,000; or |
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[(ii) contains, wholly or partly, two or |
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more municipalities with a population of 250,000 or more]. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 234, Local Government |
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Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |