Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1465 adds a new section to the Agriculture Code to authorize the Texas Animal Health Commission to require slaughter plants to collect and submit blood samples and other diagnostic specimens necessary to test for disease and establish criminal penalties for an owner or operator of a slaughter plant who fails to comply with collection and submission requirements. The act also removes the statutory limit for bovine tuberculosis indemnity for infected and exposed animals and authorizes the commission to pay indemnity for such animals if necessary to eradicate the disease and to adopt rules to determine eligibility for compensation.