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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment for breeder deer taken for disease |
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management. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.955, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.955. COST RECOVERY. (a) The applicable permit |
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holder shall pay all costs associated with[:
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[(1)] an epidemiological assessment conducted under |
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this subchapter to the animal health commission[; and
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[(2)
the destruction of deer under this subchapter to
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the department]. |
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(b) A permit holder under Subchapter R or R-1 shall pay all |
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costs associated with the destruction of deer under this subchapter |
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to the department. |
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(c) The department shall pay the cost of a breeder deer |
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destroyed under this subchapter to the holder of the permit under |
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Subchapter L who held the breeder deer in captivity for the purpose |
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of propagation. The amount paid under this section is $3,000 per |
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deer or an amount set by the commission, whichever is higher. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the |
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destruction of a deer on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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The destruction of a deer before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect at the time the deer was destroyed and |
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that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |