H.B. No. 3361
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the slaughtering of livestock.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 148.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 148.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "slaughterer"
  means a person engaged in the business of[:
               [(1)]  slaughtering livestock for profit[; or
               [(2)  selling livestock, as a primary business, to be
  slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the
  seller, in a county:
                     [(A)  with a population of one million or more;
                     [(B)  that contains two or more municipalities
  with a population of 250,000 or more;
                     [(C)  that is adjacent to a county described by
  Paragraph (B); or
                     [(D)  that is adjacent to a county described by
  Paragraph (C) and:
                           [(i)  has a population of not more than
  50,000 and contains a municipality with a population of at least
  20,000; or
                           [(ii)  contains, wholly or partly, two or
  more municipalities with a population of 250,000 or more].
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 234, Local Government
  Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3361 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 107, Nays 37, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3361 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays 7.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor