81R9786 TRH-D
By: Miller of Erath H.B. No. 1881
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Texas Equine Incentive Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Section 12.044 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.044. EQUINE INCENTIVE PROGRAM. (a) The department
shall create and administer an equine incentive program to provide
an incentive for the owners of certain show horses to enter the
horses as participants in horse shows in this state. The program
may apply only to the following breeds of horses:
(1) thoroughbreds;
(2) paint horses; and
(3) quarter horses.
(b) The owner of a stallion that has sired more than five
foals shall, when the owner submits a breeding report to the
applicable breeders' association, submit a duplicate of the report
to the department for the sixth and any subsequent foal sired by the
stallion. An owner required to submit a duplicate breeding report
by this subsection shall pay the department an equine incentive
program fee in an amount of not less than $30, as determined by the
department, in connection with each report submitted to the
department.
(c) The department by rule shall provide for the use of fees
collected under Subsection (b) to grant equine incentive awards to
the owners of eligible foals that participate in horse shows in this
state. A foal is eligible for an incentive award under this section
only if an equine incentive program fee has been paid on behalf of
the foal's sire.
(d) The department by rule shall establish a point system by
which the owner of an eligible foal may receive an equine incentive
award based on the foal's participation in horse show events
sanctioned by the applicable horse breeders' association.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.