By: Estes S.B. No. 478

(In the Senate - Filed February 1, 2011; February 14, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Affairs; March 17, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; March 17, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the protection of stray bison.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Section 142.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to read as follows:

(1) "Estray" means stray livestock, stray exotic livestock, stray bison, or stray exotic fowl.

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, 2011.

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