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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the failure to handle certain animals in accordance |
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with rules of the Texas Animal Health Commission; amending |
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provisions subject to a criminal penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 161.041(c), Agriculture Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly |
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fails to handle, in accordance with rules adopted by the |
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commission, livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic |
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fowl: |
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(1) infected with a disease listed in Subsection (a); |
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(2) exposed, as defined by commission rule, to a |
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disease listed in Subsection (a) if the commission has notified the |
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person that the animal was exposed to the disease; or |
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(3) subject to a testing requirement due to a risk of |
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exposure, as defined by commission rule, to a specific disease if |
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the commission has notified the person of the testing requirement. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |