87R7161 MCF-F
 
  By: Springer S.B. No. 867
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an animal share exemption for certain meat and meat food
  products.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 433, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 433.0065 to read as follows:
         Sec. 433.0065.  ANIMAL SHARE EXEMPTION. (a)  In this
  section, "animal share" means an ownership interest in livestock
  created by a contract between a consumer and a farmer or rancher who
  owns the livestock.
         (b)  An animal share executed by a consumer and a farmer or
  rancher under this section must include:
               (1)  a bill of sale provided to the consumer by the
  farmer or rancher conveying to the consumer an ownership interest
  in the livestock;
               (2)  a provision authorizing the farmer or rancher to
  board the livestock and arrange preparation of the livestock as
  meat and meat food products for the consumer; and
               (3)  a provision entitling the consumer to a share of
  meat and meat food products derived from the livestock.
         (c)  The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of
  the slaughter of livestock and the preparation of meat and meat food
  products at establishments conducting those operations do not apply
  to the slaughtering of livestock and preparation of meat and meat
  food products if:
               (1)  ownership of the livestock under an animal share
  is established before the livestock is slaughtered and the meat and
  meat food products are prepared;
               (2)  the meat and meat food products are:
                     (A)  prepared from livestock subject to an animal
  share and delivered to the establishment by the farmer or rancher
  boarding the livestock; and
                     (B)  following preparation, delivered directly to
  the consumer who owns the animal share;
               (3)  on delivery of the meat or meat food products to
  the consumer, the establishment provides notice to the consumer
  that the meat or meat food products have not been inspected by the
  department in:
                     (A)  a separate written statement that
  prominently displays the warning; or
                     (B)  a warning statement prominently displayed on
  a label affixed to the packaging of the meat or meat food products;
  and
               (4)  the farmer or rancher provides to the consumer
  information describing the standards the farmer or rancher followed
  with respect to livestock health and the preparation of meat and
  meat food products derived from the livestock.
         (d)  A consumer may not sell, donate, or commercially
  redistribute meat or meat food products delivered to the consumer
  in accordance with this section.
         (e)  A farmer or rancher may not publish a statement that
  implies department approval or endorsement regarding meat or meat
  food products delivered pursuant to an animal share.
         SECTION 2.  Section 433.024(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The department shall inspect each slaughtering
  establishment whose primary business is the selling of livestock to
  be slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the
  seller.  This subsection does not nullify the provisions in Section
  433.006 relating to personal use exemption or Section 433.0065
  relating to animal share exemption.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.