H.B. No. 2108
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2108 was passed by the House on April
26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2108 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0
.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor