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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of slaughterers by certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 148.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 148.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "slaughterer" |
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means a person engaged in the business of: |
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(1) slaughtering livestock for profit; or |
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(2) selling livestock, as a primary business, to be |
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slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the |
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seller, in a county: |
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(A) with a population of one million or more; |
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(B) that contains two or more municipalities with |
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a population of 250,000 or more; |
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(C) that is adjacent to a county described by |
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Paragraph (B); or |
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(D) that is adjacent to a county described by |
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Paragraph (C) and: |
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(i) has a population of not more than |
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50,000; and |
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(ii) contains a municipality with a |
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population of at least 20,000.
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SECTION 2. Section 234.032, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 234.032. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only |
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in the unincorporated area of a county if the county: |
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(1) contains two or more municipalities with a |
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population of 250,000 or more; [or]
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(2) is a county adjacent to a county described by |
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Subdivision (1); or |
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(3) is a county adjacent to a county described by |
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Subdivision (2) and: |
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(A) has a population of not more than 50,000; and |
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(B) contains a municipality with a population of |
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at least 20,000.
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |