Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By Elkins H.B. No. 3213 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the disposal of dead animal carcasses found on 1-3 municipal and county roadways. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Texas Health and 1-6 Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 361.116 to read as 1-7 follows: 1-8 Sec. 361.116. DISPOSAL OF CARCASSES OF ANIMALS KILLED ON 1-9 ROADWAYS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 1-10 counties and municipalities may dispose of the carcasses of animals 1-11 killed on county or municipal roadways by burying the carcasses on 1-12 property owned by the entity who is responsible for road 1-13 maintenance. No permit shall be required to dispose of animal 1-14 carcasses on county or municipal property. Disposal shall be 1-15 conducted in a manner consistent with public health. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.