By: Paxton, Hardcastle (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 2108
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 11, 2011, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 11, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to electronic filing and rerecording of livestock marks
and brands by county clerks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 144.041, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) A county clerk may accept electronic filing or
rerecording of an earmark, brand, tattoo, electronic device, or
other type of mark for which a recording is required under this
chapter or other law.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.
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