1-1     By:  Lindsay                                          S.B. No. 1782

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 1997; March 24, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental

 1-4     Relations; April 21, 1997, reported favorably by the following

 1-5     vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 21, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-7                                   AN ACT

 1-8     relating to the disposal of dead animal carcasses found on

 1-9     municipal and county roadways.

1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety

1-12     Code, is amended by adding Section 361.116 to read as follows:

1-13           Sec. 361.116.  DISPOSAL OF CARCASSES OF ANIMALS KILLED ON

1-14     ROADWAYS.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,

1-15     counties and municipalities may dispose of the carcasses of animals

1-16     killed on county or municipal roadways by burying the carcasses on

1-17     property owned by the entity that is responsible for road

1-18     maintenance.  No permit shall be required to dispose of animal

1-19     carcasses on county or municipal property.  Disposal shall be

1-20     conducted in a manner consistent with public health.

1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-22           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-23     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-24     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-25     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-26     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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