81R1359 MSE-D
 
  By: Miller of Erath H.B. No. 375
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to classifying farm elk as livestock under the Agriculture
  Code.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1.003(3), Agriculture Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (3)  "Livestock" means cattle, horses, mules, asses,
  sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, exotic livestock, farm elk, and
  hogs, unless otherwise defined.
         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, 2009.