By Seidlits H.B. No. 2108
74R7156 JRD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to regulating the sale of livestock at auction.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Sections 146.004 and 146.007, Agriculture Code,
1-5 are repealed as follows:
1-6 <Sec. 146.004. SALE OF ANIMALS AT AUCTION. (a) An
1-7 auctioneer who sells a horse, mule, or ox at auction shall require
1-8 the party for whom the sale is made to provide a signed, written
1-9 statement of the manner in which the animal was acquired and the
1-10 name and address of the person from whom the animal was acquired.>
1-11 <(b) Not later than the 10th day after the day on which the
1-12 animal is sold at auction, the auctioneer shall file the statement
1-13 required by Subsection (a) of this section with the clerk of the
1-14 county court. The statement must be attested as to genuineness by
1-15 the auctioneer and must be accompanied by a certificate containing
1-16 a description of the animal sold and the name and address of the
1-17 seller and the purchaser.>
1-18 <Sec. 146.007. PENALTY FOR SELLING ANIMAL AT AUCTION WITHOUT
1-19 STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP. (a) A person commits an offense if, as an
1-20 auctioneer, the person fails to require a statement from the
1-21 seller, or fails to timely file a statement with the clerk of the
1-22 county court, in accordance with Section 146.004 of this code.>
1-23 <(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
1-24 punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100.>
2-1 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-6 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-7 passage, and it is so enacted.