1-1     By:  McReynolds (Senate Sponsor - Staples)            H.B. No. 3355
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     May 1, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
 1-4     Resources; May 4, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 4, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to water quality management plans for agricultural and
 1-9     silvicultural facilities.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 201.026, Agriculture Code, is amended by
1-12     adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:
1-13           (e)  At the request of the landowner, the state board may
1-14     develop and certify a water quality management plan for any
1-15     agricultural or silvicultural land in the state.
1-16           (f)  A water quality management plan developed under this
1-17     section that covers land on which animal carcasses will be buried
1-18     must include:
1-19                 (1)  disposal management practices for the carcasses,
1-20     including a requirement that poultry carcasses may be buried on
1-21     site only in the event of a major die-off that exceeds the capacity
1-22     of a poultry facility to handle and dispose of poultry carcasses by
1-23     the normal means used by the facility; and
1-24                 (2)  burial site requirements that identify suitable
1-25     locations for burial based on site-specific factors including:
1-26                       (A)  land use;
1-27                       (B)  soil conditions; and
1-28                       (C)  proximity to groundwater or surface water
1-29     supplies.
1-30           (g)  The commission may not require a landowner who requests
1-31     and complies with a water quality management plan under Subsection
1-32     (f) to record the burial of animal carcasses in the county deed
1-33     records.
1-34           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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