By McReynolds                                         H.B. No. 3355
         77R10713 JAT-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to water quality management plans for agricultural and
 1-3     silvicultural facilities.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 201.026, Agriculture Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:
 1-7           (e)  At the request of the landowner, the state board may
 1-8     develop and certify a water quality management plan for any
 1-9     agricultural or silvicultural land in the state.
1-10           (f)  A water quality management plan developed under this
1-11     section that covers land on which animal carcasses will be buried
1-12     must include:
1-13                 (1)  disposal management practices for the carcasses,
1-14     including a requirement that poultry carcasses may be buried on
1-15     site only in the event of a major die-off that exceeds the capacity
1-16     of a poultry facility to handle and dispose of poultry carcasses by
1-17     the normal means used by the facility; and
1-18                 (2)  burial site requirements that identify suitable
1-19     locations for burial based on site-specific factors including:
1-20                       (A)  land use;
1-21                       (B)  soil conditions; and
1-22                       (C)  proximity to groundwater or surface water
1-23     supplies.
1-24           (g)  The commission may not require a landowner who requests
 2-1     and complies with a water quality management plan under Subsection
 2-2     (f) to record the burial of animal carcasses in the county deed
 2-3     records.
 2-4           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.