81R11228 SGA-D
By: Phillips H.B. No. 3560
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a shared database for deer breeder
reporting requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 43.369 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.369. DEER BREEDER DATABASE. (a) In this section,
"database" means the deer breeder database established under this
section.
(b) The department in conjunction with the Texas Animal
Health Commission shall develop and maintain a database to be
shared by both agencies. The database must include the reporting
data required to be provided by each deer breeder:
(1) to the department under this subchapter; and
(2) to the Texas Animal Health Commission.
(c) To the extent possible, the department and the Texas
Animal Health Commission shall share the database to eliminate the
need for a deer breeder to submit duplicate reports to the two
agencies.
(d) The Parks and Wildlife Commission and the Texas Animal
Health Commission, by rule, shall provide incentives to deer
breeders whose cooperation results in reduced costs and increased
efficiency by offering:
(1) reduced fees for the deer breeder permit; and
(2) a permit with an extended duration.
(e) The Parks and Wildlife Commission and the Texas Animal
Health Commission may adopt rules to implement this section.
SECTION 2. The Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas
Animal Health Commission shall develop a preliminary version of the
deer breeder database required by this Act not later than June 1,
2010.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.