BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center C.S.H.B. 92 82R26827 TRH-D By: Cook, Pitts (Estes) Agriculture & Rural Affairs 5/10/2011 Committee Report (Substituted) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center C.S.H.B. 92 82R26827 TRH-D By: Cook, Pitts (Estes) Agriculture & Rural Affairs 5/10/2011 Committee Report (Substituted) Senate Research Center C.S.H.B. 92 82R26827 TRH-D By: Cook, Pitts (Estes) Agriculture & Rural Affairs 5/10/2011 Committee Report (Substituted) AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT C.S.H.B. 92 amends current law relating to the regulation of slaughterers by certain counties. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 148.001, Agriculture Code, to redefine "slaughterer." SECTION 2. Amends Section 234.032, Local Government Code, as follows: Sec. 234.032. APPLICABILITY. Provides that 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; (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 has a population of not more than 50,000 and contains a municipality with a population of at least 20,000, or contains, wholly or partly, two or more municipalities with a population of 250,000 or more. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2011. AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT C.S.H.B. 92 amends current law relating to the regulation of slaughterers by certain counties. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 148.001, Agriculture Code, to redefine "slaughterer." SECTION 2. Amends Section 234.032, Local Government Code, as follows: Sec. 234.032. APPLICABILITY. Provides that 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; (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 has a population of not more than 50,000 and contains a municipality with a population of at least 20,000, or contains, wholly or partly, two or more municipalities with a population of 250,000 or more. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2011.