Amend SB 1782 as follows:
      Strike all below the enacting clause and substitute the
following:
      SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Texas Health and
Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 361.116 to read as
follows:
      Sec. 361.116.  DISPOSAL OF CARCASSES OF ANIMALS KILLED ON
ROADWAYS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, counties and municipalities may dispose of the carcasses
of animals killed on county or municipal roadways by burying the
carcasses on property owned by the entity who is responsible for
road maintenance.  No permit shall be required to dispose of animal
carcasses on county or municipal property.  Disposal shall be
conducted in a manner consistent with public health.
      (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
Texas Department of Transportation may dispose of the carcasses of
animals killed on the state highway system by burying the carcasses
on state highway right-of-way.  No permit shall be required to
dispose of animal carcasses on state highway right-of-way.
Disposal shall be conducted in a manner consistent with public
health.
      SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
      SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the crowded
condition of the calendars in both houses create an emergency and
an imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule
requiring bills to be read on three several days in each house be
suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.