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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the control of diseases of swine. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 165.002, Agriculture Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 165.002. [OWNER] TREATMENT. Except as otherwise |
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provided by law, a representative of the commission or a person |
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authorized by the commission may vaccinate, inoculate, or treat |
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hogs [owned by that person] with classical swine fever [hog |
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cholera] virus or serum or with another remedy[, and a county |
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demonstration agent may vaccinate, inoculate, or treat any hogs in |
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the county in which the agent is employed with hog cholera virus or |
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serum or with another remedy]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 165.003, Agriculture Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 165.003. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF UNATTENUATED |
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CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER [HOG CHOLERA] VIRUS. (a) A person may not |
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sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or give away unattenuated |
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classical swine fever [hog cholera] virus. |
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(b) This section does not prohibit: |
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(1) acquisition, propagation, manufacture, or use of |
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unattenuated classical swine fever [hog cholera] virus by, and on |
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the licensed premises of, a firm operating under a United States |
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veterinary license issued by the secretary of agriculture of the |
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United States; |
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(2) manufacture of unattenuated classical swine fever |
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[hog cholera] virus by a firm operating under a United States |
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veterinary license for the sale or distribution in states in which |
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use of attenuated classical swine fever [hog cholera] virus is |
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permitted; or |
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(3) keeping vaccine on hand for purely experimental or |
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research activities by a recognized college, university, school, or |
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laboratory engaged in research activities. |
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(c) In this section, "unattenuated classical swine fever |
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[hog cholera] virus" means a classical swine fever [hog cholera] |
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virus that has not been modified or inactivated. |
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SECTION 3. Section 165.021, Agriculture Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 165.021. COOPERATION WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF |
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AGRICULTURE. The commission may cooperate with the United States |
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Department of Agriculture in the eradication of vesicular |
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exanthema, foot and mouth disease of swine, classical swine fever |
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[hog cholera], and other diseases of swine. |
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SECTION 4. Section 165.022, Agriculture Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 165.022. METHOD OF DISEASE ERADICATION. (a) Following |
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notice and public hearing, the commission shall adopt rules for the |
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enforcement of this subchapter, including rules providing for the |
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manner, method, and system of eradicating swine diseases. |
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(b) The commission may by a two-thirds vote adopt rules |
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under this section that are more stringent than the [may not exceed |
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the rules relating to] minimum standards for cooperative programs |
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adopted by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the |
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United States Department of Agriculture. |
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SECTION 5. The heading to Section 165.042, Agriculture |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 165.042. SALE OF UNATTENUATED CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER |
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[HOG CHOLERA] VIRUS. |
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SECTION 6. The amendments made by this Act to replace |
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references to "hog cholera" with "classical swine fever" are a |
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clarification of existing law and do not imply that existing law may |
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be construed as inconsistent with the law as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |