By: Cain (Senate Sponsor - Springer) H.B. No. 3361

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023; May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE VOTE

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PerryX

HancockX

BlancoX

FloresX

GutierrezX

JohnsonX

KolkhorstX

SparksX

SpringerX

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the slaughtering of livestock.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 148.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 148.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "slaughterer" means a person engaged in the business of[:

[(1)] slaughtering livestock for profit[; or

[(2) selling livestock, as a primary business, to be slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the seller, in a county:

[(A) with a population of one million or more;

[(B) that contains two or more municipalities with a population of 250,000 or more;

[(C) that is adjacent to a county described by Paragraph (B); or

[(D) that is adjacent to a county described by Paragraph (C) and:

[(i) has a population of not more than 50,000 and contains a municipality with a population of at least 20,000; or

[(ii) contains, wholly or partly, two or more municipalities with a population of 250,000 or more].

SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 234, Local Government Code, is repealed.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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