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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 is adjacent to a county with a |
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population of one million or more; or |
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(C) that is adjacent to a county described by |
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Paragraph (B). |
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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). |
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SECTION 3. Section 234.033, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 234.033. LOCATION OF SLAUGHTERER. (a) In this |
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section, the term "operation" includes the use of a private road by |
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a slaughterer for ingress and egress to and from a facility owned or |
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operated by the slaughterer. |
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(b) The commissioners court of the county may prohibit the |
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operations of a slaughterer: |
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(1) within 1,000 feet of a school or residence; or |
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(2) at any other location if the commissioners court |
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finds that the operation of a slaughterer's business is |
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incompatible with the existing land use of the neighboring area or |
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would impose an undue hardship on persons residing or trading in the |
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neighboring area. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |