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House Bill 2311 |
House Author: Kacal et al. |
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Effective: 5-25-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Schwertner |
Previous law authorized the Texas Animal Health Commission to develop and implement an animal identification program that is consistent with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Identification System. House Bill 2311 amends the Agriculture Code to instead authorize the commission to develop and implement an animal identification program that is no more stringent than a federal animal disease traceability or other federal animal identification program. The bill authorizes the commission by a two-thirds vote to adopt rules to provide for a more stringent animal identification program only for control of a specific animal disease or for animal emergency management.
House Bill 2311 repeals a provision that authorizes the commission to recognize certain identification numbers as official identification numbers in Texas and provisions establishing criminal penalties for failing to comply with an order or rule relating to the state animal identification program.