By: Jackson S.B. No. 591
(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 favorably to Committee on
Natural Resources; March 21, 2005, reported favorably from
Committee on Natural Resources by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; March 21, 2005, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inspection of livestock at livestock markets.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 161.114, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 161.114. INSPECTION OF LIVESTOCK. An authorized
inspector may [shall visually] examine [all] livestock consigned to
and delivered on the premises of a livestock market before the
livestock are offered for sale. If the inspector considers it
necessary, the inspector may have an animal tested or vaccinated.
Any testing or vaccination must occur before the animal is removed
from the livestock market.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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