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By: González of El Paso (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) |
H.B. No. 1275 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2025; |
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May 5, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, |
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Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 19, 2025, reported favorably by |
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the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of permits for bovine producer dairy farms |
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in certain areas of this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 435.006(d), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The department may not issue a producer dairy farm |
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permit to a person for a bovine producer dairy farm located in an |
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area infected with or at a high risk for bovine tuberculosis, as |
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determined epidemiologically and defined by rule of the Texas |
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Animal Health Commission. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2025. |
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