H.B. No. 3738
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirement that a person or laboratory that
  performs an official equine infectious anemia test be approved by
  the Texas Animal Health Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 161, Agriculture Code, is
  amended by adding Section 161.0602 to read as follows:
         Sec. 161.0602.  PERSONS OR LABORATORIES PERFORMING EQUINE
  INFECTIOUS ANEMIA TESTS. (a) The commission shall adopt rules that
  require a person or laboratory to be approved by the commission if
  the person or laboratory performs an official equine infectious
  anemia test.
         (b)  Rules adopted under this section must include:
               (1)  approval requirements;
               (2)  provisions governing the issuance, renewal, and
  revocation of an approval;
               (3)  inspection requirements;
               (4)  recordkeeping requirements;
               (5)  equine infectious anemia testing methods approved
  by the commission; and
               (6)  proficiency standards.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas Animal
  Health Commission shall adopt rules as required by Section
  161.0602, Agriculture Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3738 was passed by the House on April
  30, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3738 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor