By: Cyrier (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 3738
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 12, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent
to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that a person or laboratory that
performs an official equine infectious anemia test be approved by
the Texas Animal Health Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 161, Agriculture Code, is
amended by adding Section 161.0602 to read as follows:
Sec. 161.0602. PERSONS OR LABORATORIES PERFORMING EQUINE
INFECTIOUS ANEMIA TESTS. (a) The commission shall adopt rules that
require a person or laboratory to be approved by the commission if
the person or laboratory performs an official equine infectious
anemia test.
(b) Rules adopted under this section must include:
(1) approval requirements;
(2) provisions governing the issuance, renewal, and
revocation of an approval;
(3) inspection requirements;
(4) recordkeeping requirements;
(5) equine infectious anemia testing methods approved
by the commission; and
(6) proficiency standards.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas Animal
Health Commission shall adopt rules as required by Section
161.0602, Agriculture Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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