82R1571 TRH-D
By: Cook H.B. No. 92
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of slaughterers by certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 148.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 148.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "slaughterer"
means a person engaged in the business of:
(1) slaughtering livestock for profit; or
(2) selling livestock, as a primary business, to be
slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the
seller, in a county:
(A) with a population of one million or more;
(B) that is adjacent to a county with a
population of one million or more; or
(C) that is adjacent to a county described by
Paragraph (B).
SECTION 2. Section 234.032, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 234.032. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only
in the unincorporated area of a county if the county:
(1) contains two or more municipalities with a
population of 250,000 or more; [or]
(2) is a county adjacent to a county described by
Subdivision (1); or
(3) is a county adjacent to a county described by
Subdivision (2).
SECTION 3. Section 234.033, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 234.033. LOCATION OF SLAUGHTERER. (a) In this
section, the term "operation" includes the use of a private road by
a slaughterer for ingress and egress to and from a facility owned or
operated by the slaughterer.
(b) The commissioners court of the county may prohibit the
operations of a slaughterer:
(1) within 1,000 feet of a school or residence; or
(2) at any other location if the commissioners court
finds that the operation of a slaughterer's business is
incompatible with the existing land use of the neighboring area or
would impose an undue hardship on persons residing or trading in the
neighboring area.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.