| 1 | 1 | | By: Paxton, Hardcastle (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 2108 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 11, 2011, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | 5 | | the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 11, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to electronic filing and rerecording of livestock marks |
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| 11 | 11 | | and brands by county clerks. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 144.041, Agriculture Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (h) A county clerk may accept electronic filing or |
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| 16 | 16 | | rerecording of an earmark, brand, tattoo, electronic device, or |
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| 17 | 17 | | other type of mark for which a recording is required under this |
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| 18 | 18 | | chapter or other law. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 20 | 20 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 21 | 21 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 24 | 24 | | * * * * * |
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