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By:  Seliger                                                      S.B. No. 1462


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to payment for livestock feeding and care charges.                   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 148, Agriculture Code, is 
amended by adding Section 148.031 to read as follows:
	Section 148.031.  LIENS FOR FEEDING AND CARE CHARGES FOR 
ANIMALS.  (a)  To secure all or part of the costs for feeding and 
care provided by an animal feeding facility for an animal being fed 
in confinement for slaughter, such facility has by operation of 
this section a lien on each such animal and on any of the products 
derived from such animal, and on any proceeds from any disposition 
thereof.
	(b)  A lien under this section attaches when the feed and 
care are first provided, without further action.  After it attaches 
this lien does not depend on possession by the animal feeding 
facility.
	(c)  A lien under this section has priority over any other 
lien or security interest, whether or not perfected, in the animal, 
and on any of the products derived from such animal, and on any 
proceeds from any disposition thereof, whether or not such liens or 
interests were created or perfected before the attachment of the 
lien created by this section.
	(d)  The person who acquires an interest in an animal, on any 
of the products derived from such animal, and on any proceeds from 
any disposition thereof which are subject to the lien provided by 
this section shall pay the feeding and care charges to the animal 
feeding facility, which shall pay the excess funds to the persons 
entitled to the same.