1-1 By: Gutierrez (Senate Sponsor - Ogden) H.B. No. 1052 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 1997; 1-3 April 8, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural 1-4 Resources; May 16, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 16, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to standards for the storage of eggs. 1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-10 SECTION 1. Section 132.004, Agriculture Code, is amended to 1-11 read as follows: 1-12 Sec. 132.004. ADOPTION OF STANDARDS. Standards for the 1-13 inspection and regulation of shell eggs, including quality, grade, 1-14 and size of shell eggs, shall: 1-15 (1) be at least equal to those adopted by the United 1-16 States Department of Agriculture and the federal Food and Drug 1-17 Administration; and 1-18 (2) require that, after initial packing, shell eggs be 1-19 stored at a temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or less, 1-20 provided, however, that any different temperature standard adopted 1-21 by the United States Department of Agriculture and the federal Food 1-22 and Drug Administration shall prevail. 1-23 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-24 (b) Before January 1, 1998, the commissioner of agriculture 1-25 shall adopt rules to implement the changes made by this Act to 1-26 Section 132.004, Agriculture Code. 1-27 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-28 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-29 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-30 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-31 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-32 * * * * *