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Code, is repealed.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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