By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 590
	(In the Senate - Filed February 17, 2005; March 1, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Subcommittee on Agriculture and Coastal 
Resources; March 8, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable 
Committee Substitute to Committee on Natural Resources; March 21, 2005,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute from 
Committee on Natural Resources by the following vote:  Yeas 7, 
Nays 0; March 21, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 590                                    By:  Jackson

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certificates of veterinary inspection. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 161, Agriculture Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0601 to read as follows: Sec. 161.0601. CERTIFICATES OF VETERINARY INSPECTION. (a) The commission by rule may 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) The commission by rule shall set and charge a fee for each certificate of veterinary inspection provided to a veterinarian under this section. SECTION 2. Subsection (d), Section 161.081, Agriculture Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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