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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the slaughter and processing of livestock for use by |
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certain child-care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 433.006(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of |
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the slaughter of livestock and the preparation of carcasses, parts |
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of carcasses, meat, and meat food products at establishments |
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conducting those operations do not apply to the slaughtering of |
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livestock or the preparation and transportation in intrastate |
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commerce of those articles if: |
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(1) the articles are exclusively for personal use by: |
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(A) the owner of the livestock, a member of the |
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owner's family, or a nonpaying guest of the owner; or |
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(B) a child-care facility as defined by Section |
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42.002, Human Resources Code, that owns, raises, or participates in |
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the raising of the livestock; |
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(2) the slaughter or preparation is conducted at the |
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owner's premises or at a processing establishment; and |
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(3) the transportation is limited to moving the |
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carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products to and |
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from the owner's premises and a processing establishment. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |