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        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating the registration | 
      
        |  | of animal tattoo marks with the Department of Public Safety. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 144, Agriculture Code, is | 
      
        |  | repealed. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  The repeal by this Act of Subchapter E, Chapter | 
      
        |  | 144, Agriculture Code, does not affect the validity of a | 
      
        |  | certificate of registration issued under that subchapter before the | 
      
        |  | effective date of this Act. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |