By Brown S.B. No. 1583
75R8727 SKB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the regulation of certain livestock feeds by the Texas
1-3 Agricultural Experiment Station.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 141.002, Agriculture Code, is amended by
1-6 amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 (c) The following are not commercial feeds subject to this
1-9 chapter:
1-10 (1) unground hay not containing toxins or chemical
1-11 adulterants;
1-12 (2) [whole grain or whole seed not containing toxins
1-13 or chemical adulterants;]
1-14 [(3)] unadulterated cotton plant by-products or any
1-15 unadulterated hulls;
1-16 (3) [(4)] a feed product produced and sold by a
1-17 farmer;
1-18 (4) [(5)] a feed mixed and used by a person who
1-19 contracts with the owner of animals to care for and feed the
1-20 animals;
1-21 (5) [(6)] an individual mineral substance not mixed
1-22 with another material;
1-23 (6) [(7)] a material furnished by a purchaser for use
1-24 in a customer-formula feed that was produced by the purchaser or
2-1 acquired by the purchaser from a source other than the person whose
2-2 services are engaged in the milling, mixing, or processing of a
2-3 customer-formula feed; or
2-4 (7) [(8)] a feed or feed ingredient handled by a
2-5 broker.
2-6 (e) A material that is not otherwise a commercial feed under
2-7 this chapter does not become a commercial feed subject to this
2-8 chapter solely because of the application of a chemical or other
2-9 additive to inhibit the growth of fungi or to prevent the
2-10 development of mycotoxins if the application conforms to rules
2-11 adopted by the director under this subsection. The director by
2-12 rule shall determine the type and concentration of additive
2-13 allowable under this subsection.
2-14 SECTION 2. Section 141.071, Agriculture Code, is amended by
2-15 adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
2-16 (g) A person is not required to pay an inspection fee on
2-17 whole grain or whole seed that does not contain toxins or chemical
2-18 adulterants.
2-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-20 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.