SRC-SLL, DBM S.B. 1901 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 1901
By: Bivins
Natural Resources
7/21/1999
Enrolled


DIGEST 

Currently, certain cows that have gone astray are posing a cost burden on
certain county sheriffs. For example, in order to dispose of an impounded
cow, a sheriff spent funds to place an advertisement and subsequently
attempted to sell it at auction.  S.B. 1901 regulates the disposition or
sale of impounded estrays by a county. 

PURPOSE

As enrolled, S.B. 1901 regulates the disposition or sale of impounded
estrays by a county. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends the heading for Section 142.013, Agriculture Code, as
follows: 

 Sec. 142.013.  New heading:  DISPOSITION OR SALE OF IMPOUNDED ESTRAYS.

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 142.013, Agriculture Code, by amending
Subsection (a), and adding Subsection (e), to require the sheriff, except
as provided by Subsection (e), to cause an estray to be sold at a sheriff's
sale or public auction licensed by the United States Department of
Agriculture under certain conditions.  Provides that title to the estray is
considered vested in the sheriff or the sheriff's designee for purposes of
passing good title, free and clear of all claims, to the purchaser at the
sale or for the purposes of Subsection (e).  Authorizes the sheriff,
instead of selling the estray, to donate the estray to a nonprofit
organization or retain the estray and use it for county purposes, if a
sheriff determines that the sale of an estray under this section is
unlikely to generate sufficient proceeds to cover the expense of the sale. 

SECTION 3.Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 4.Emergency clause.