Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3355 amends the Agriculture Code to provide that at the request of a landowner anywhere in the state, the State Soil and Water Conservation Board may develop and certify an agricultural or silvicultural water quality management plan. If the plan covers land on which animal carcasses will be buried, it must include disposal management practices for those carcasses, allowing on-site poultry carcass burial only in the event of a major die-off that exceeds the capacity to handle disposal by normal means, and must incorporate burial site requirements that identify suitable locations based on site-specific factors. If a landowner complies with a plan, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission may not require animal carcass burial to be recorded in county deed records.