By: Aycock H.B. No. 3330
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a disease surveillance program for elk; providing a
penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 161, Agriculture Code, is
amended by adding Section 161.0541 to read as follows:
Sec. 161.0541. ELK DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM. (a) The
commission by rule may establish a disease surveillance program for
elk.
(b) Rules adopted under this section must:
(1) require each person who moves elk in this state to
have elk tested for chronic wasting disease or other diseases as
determined by the commission;
(2) be designed to protect the health of the elk
population in this state; and
(3) include provisions for testing, identification,
transportation, and inspection under the disease surveillance
program.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly
violates a rule adopted by the commission under this section.
(d) An offense under Subsection (c) is a Class C misdemeanor
unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant
has previously been convicted of an offense under that subsection,
in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.