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	Amend HB 461 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  On page 1, lines 5-6, strike "Sections 161.056(a), (c), 
and (d), Agriculture Code, are amended" and substitute "Section 
161.056, Agriculture Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), 
(c), (d), and (e) and adding Subsections (a-1), (j), and (k)".
	(2)  On page 1, between lines 12 and 13, insert the 
following:               
	(a-1)  A person may apply for the program by submitting an 
annual fee determined by the commission and a signed application 
prescribed by the commission.  An application form prescribed by 
the commission must include the following information:
		(1)  a conspicuous notice that the program is 
voluntary;             
		(2)  a disclosure of the types of information collected 
under the program; and
		(3)  notice of the persons to which information the 
commission collects under the program may be disclosed.
	(3)  On page 1, lines 15-16, strike "animal disease control, 
animal emergency management, and other".
	(4)  On page 1, lines 17-18. strike "establish a date by 
which all participating premises must be registered and may".
	(5)  On page 1, between lines 20 and 21, insert the 
following:               
	(e)  Information collected by the commission under this 
section is exempt from the public disclosure requirements of 
Chapter 552, Government Code.  The commission may provide 
information to another person, including a governmental entity, 
without altering the confidential status of the information.  The 
commission may release information to the following persons if the 
commission determines that the person has adequate protections for 
the confidentiality of the information:
		(1)  a person who owns or controls animals and seeks 
information regarding those animals, if the person requests the 
information in writing;
		(2)  the attorney general's office, for the purpose of 
law enforcement;     
		(3)  the secretary of the United States Department of 
Agriculture, for the purpose of animal health protection;
		(4)  the secretary of the Department of Homeland 
Security, for the purpose of homeland security;
		(5)  the Department of State Health Services, for the 
purpose of protecting the public health from zoonotic diseases;
		(6)  any person, under an order of a court of competent 
jurisdiction; or
		(7)  a state, municipal, or county emergency management 
authority, for the purpose of management or response to natural or 
man-made disasters[; or
		[(8)  any person the executive director of the 
commission considers appropriate, if the executive director 
determines that:
			[(A)  livestock may be threatened by a disease, 
agent, or pest; and
			[(B)  the release of the information is related to 
actions the commission may take under this section].
	(j)  A person who participates in the program may withdraw 
from the program at any time.  The commission shall delete from the 
program all personal information relating to a participant when the 
participant withdraws from the program.
	(k)  A person may not condition a service, benefit, license, 
payment, or permit on participation in a program under this 
section.
	(6)  Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION and 
renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  The Texas Animal Health Commission shall:                       
		(1)  not later than November 1, 2007, provide notice of 
the changes to Section 161.056, Agriculture Code, made by this Act 
to each person registered on the effective date of this Act under 
that section and provide the person with the opportunity to 
withdraw from the program; and
		(2)  not later than January 1, 2008, adopt rules as 
required by Section 161.056, Agriculture Code, as amended by this 
Act.