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Amend Amendment No. 5 by Burkett to SB 319 by adding the following at the end of the amendment:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 801, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 801.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 801.005. DISEASE CONTROL. (a) In this section, "epidemic" means a disease occurring suddenly in numbers clearly in excess of normal expectancy.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the board or any other state agency may not adopt emergency rules or use resources to control an animal disease unless the disease is an epidemic.