H.B. No. 3738
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3738 was passed by the House on April
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3738 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor