By: Cyrier (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 3738

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 12, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.

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