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BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center                                                                                                 C.S.S.B. 590

79R9302 QS-D                                                                                                     By: Jackson, Mike

                                                                                            S/C on Agriculture & Coastal Resources

                                                                                                                                            3/10/2005

                                                                                                        Committee Report (Substituted)

 

 

AUTHOR'S/SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

The use of certificates of veterinary inspection, often called health certificates, ensures that only healthy and disease-free animals are moved within the state or exported to other states or countries.  A licensed, accredited veterinarian signs a certificate of veterinary inspection after having visually inspected such animals before issuing a certificate.  A fee of twenty-five cents for each certificate was established by a statute in 1981.  This fee no longer covers the costs of printing the certificates. 

 

C.S.S.B. 590 authorizes the Texas Animal Health Commission to set and charge a fee for veterinary inspection certificates.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Animal Health Commission in SECTION 1 (Section 161.0601, Agriculture Code) of this bill.

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter C, Chapter 161, Agriculture Code, by adding Section 161.0601, as follows:

 

            Sec. 161.0601.  CERTIFICATES OF VETERINARY INSPECTION.  (a) Authorizes the            Texas Animal Health Commission (commission), by rule, to provide for the issuance of a             certificate of veterinary inspection by a veterinarian to a person transporting livestock,         exotic livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl.

 

                        (b) Requires the commission, by rule, to set and charge a fee for each certificate                             of veterinary inspection provided to a veterinarian under this section.

 

SECTION 2.  Repealer: Section 161.081(d) (regarding a 25-cent fee for each certificate issued), Agriculture Code.

 

SECTION 3.  Effective date: September 1, 2005.