82R10581 ALB-D
By: Kolkhorst H.B. No. 2243
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for inspection of meat and poultry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 433, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 433.036 to read as follows:
Sec. 433.036. COOPERATIVE INSPECTION AGREEMENTS. Funds
paid to the state from the United States Department of Agriculture
through a cooperative inspection agreement between this state and
the federal government under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act
(21 U.S.C. Section 451 et seq.) may be appropriated only to, and
must be used by, the Department of State Health Services to fund the
program operated under the cooperative inspection agreement.
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.