By: Cook, Pitts (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 92
(In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2011;
April 7, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 11, 2011, reported adversely,
with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 3,
Nays 0; May 11, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 92 By: Jackson
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 contains two or more municipalities with
a population of 250,000 or more;
(C) that is adjacent to a county described by
Paragraph (B); or
(D) that is adjacent to a county described by
Paragraph (C) and:
(i) has a population of not more than 50,000
and contains a municipality with a population of at least 20,000; or
(ii) contains, wholly or partly, two or
more municipalities with a population of 250,000 or more.
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) and:
(A) has a population of not more than 50,000 and
contains a municipality with a population of at least 20,000; or
(B) contains, wholly or partly, two or more
municipalities with a population of 250,000 or more.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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