By Black H.B. No. 1847
74R6690 SMH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the qualification of land for appraisal as open-space
1-3 land for ad valorem tax purposes.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 23.51, Tax Code, is amended by amending
1-6 Subdivision (6) and adding Subdivision (8) to read as follows:
1-7 (6) "Exotic animal" means:
1-8 (A) a species of game not indigenous to this
1-9 state, including axis deer, nilgai <nilga> antelope, red sheep, and
1-10 other cloven-hoofed ruminant mammals;<,> or
1-11 (B) exotic fowl as defined by Section 142.001,
1-12 Agriculture Code, other than a ratite.
1-13 (8) "Livestock" includes a ratite.
1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 1996.
1-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.