86R1626 AAF-D
 
  By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 376
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a deer breeding facility affected by chronic wasting
  disease.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter L, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife
  Code, is amended by adding Section 43.370 to read as follows:
         Sec. 43.370.  DEER BREEDING FACILITY AFFECTED BY CHRONIC
  WASTING DISEASE. (a) This section applies only to a permitted deer
  breeding facility for which the department has obtained a chronic
  wasting disease test result of suspect for any deer at the facility.
         (b)  As soon as the department determines that all breeder
  deer at a deer breeding facility described by Subsection (a) are
  clear of chronic wasting disease, the department shall authorize
  the resumption of permitted activities at the facility.
         (c)  The commission may adopt any rules necessary to
  administer this section.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a deer breeding facility for which the Parks and Wildlife
  Department obtains a chronic wasting disease test result of suspect
  on or after the effective date of this Act. A deer breeding facility
  for which the department obtains a test result of suspect before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the
  time the department obtains the suspect test result, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.