78R6068 AKH-F

By:  Duncan                                                       S.B. No. 1052



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the definition of livestock; providing a criminal 
penalty.      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1.003, Agriculture Code, is amended by 
adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:
		(3)  "Livestock" means cattle, horses, mules, asses, 
sheep, goats, and hogs, unless otherwise defined.
	SECTION 2.  Section 46.002, Agriculture Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 46.002.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter "Texas 
agricultural product" means an agricultural, apicultural, 
horticultural, silvicultural, viticultural, or vegetable product, 
either in its natural or processed state, that has been produced, 
processed, or otherwise had value added to the product in this 
state, including:
		(1)  [equine species;                                        
		[(2)]  feed for use by livestock or poultry;                 
		(2) [(3)]  fish or other aquatic species;             
		(3) [(4)]  livestock, a livestock product, or a 
livestock by-product;
		(4) [(5)]  planting seed;                             
		(5) [(6)]  poultry, a poultry product, or a poultry 
by-product; or
		(6) [(7)]  wildlife processed for food or by-products.
	SECTION 3.  Section 148.011(a), Agriculture Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  In accordance with this section, a slaughterer shall 
keep a record of all livestock [cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, or 
goats] purchased or slaughtered.  Both the slaughterer and the 
person managing the slaughtering operations are responsible for 
maintaining records under this section.  A person who owns or 
operates a locker plant and leases, rents, or furnishes space to 
others in that plant for profit shall keep records in accordance 
with this section as if that person were a slaughterer.
	SECTION 4.  Section 1.101(4), Parks and Wildlife Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(4)  "Wild," when used in reference to an animal, means 
a species, including each individual of a species, that normally 
lives in a state of nature and is not ordinarily domesticated.  This 
definition does not include exotic livestock defined by Section 
161.001(a)(4) [161.001(a)(3) and (4)], Agriculture Code.
	SECTION 5.  Sections 53.001(3), 142.001(2), 147.001(2), and 
161.001(a)(3), Agriculture Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.