Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3723 Compare Versions

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1		-	85R17978 SLB-F
2	1		By: Phillips H.B. No. 3723
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3723:
4		-	By: Gervin-Hawkins C.S.H.B. No. 3723
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6	3
7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9		-	relating to allowing a deer breeder to transfer and sell for
	6	+	re
	7	+	lating to allowing a deer breeder to transfer and sell for
10	8		processing as venison certain breeder deer.
11	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	10		SECTION 1. Sections 43.357(a) and (b), Parks and Wildlife
13	11		Code, are amended to read as follows:
14	12		(a) The holder of a valid deer breeder's permit may:
15	13		(1) engage in the business of breeding breeder deer in
16	14		the immediate locality for which the permit was issued; [and]
17	15		(2) sell, transfer to another person, or hold in
18	16		captivity live breeder deer for the purpose of propagation or sale;
19	17		and
20	18		(3) transfer and sell live breeder deer not needed for
21	19		propagation for the purpose of processing and sale as venison.
22	20		(b) The commission may make regulations governing:
23	21		(1) the possession of breeder deer held under the
24	22		authority of this subchapter;
25	23		(2) the recapture of lawfully possessed breeder deer
26	24		that have escaped from the facility of a deer breeder;
27	25		(3) permit applications and fees;
28	26		(4) reporting requirements;
29	27		(5) procedures and requirements for the purchase,
30	28		transfer, sale, or shipment of breeder deer;
31	29		(6) the endorsement of a deer breeder facility by a
32	30		certified wildlife biologist;
33	31		(7) the number of breeder deer that a deer breeder may
34	32		possess; [and]
35	33		(8) the dates for which a deer breeder permit is valid;
36	34		and
37	35		(9) procedures for the identification, transfer, and
38	36		sale of live breeder deer not needed for propagation for the purpose
39	37		of processing and sale as venison.
40	38		SECTION 2. Section 43.364, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
41	39		amended to read as follows:
42	40		Sec. 43.364. USE OF BREEDER DEER. (a) Except as provided
43	41		by Subsection (b), breeder [Breeder] deer may be purchased, sold,
44	42		transferred, or received in this state only for the purposes of
45	43		liberation or holding for propagation. All breeder deer and
46	44		increase from breeder deer are under the full force of the laws of
47	45		this state pertaining to deer, and those breeder deer may be held in
48	46		captivity for propagation in this state only after a deer breeder's
49	47		permit is issued by the department under this subchapter.
50	48		(b) Live breeder deer not needed for propagation may be
51	49		transferred, processed, and sold as venison only in accordance with
52	50		Section 43.357 and either:
53	51		(1) Chapter 433, Health and Safety Code, and rules
54	52		adopted under that chapter; or
55	53		(2) 9 C.F.R. Part 352, as authorized by the federal
56	54		Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. Section 1621 et seq.).
57	55		SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 433, Health and Safety
58	56		Code, is amended by adding Section 433.010 to read as follows:
59	57		Sec. 433.010. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO BREEDER DEER.
60	58		(a) In this section, "breeder deer" has the meaning assigned by
61	59		Section 43.351, Parks and Wildlife Code.
62	60		(b) This chapter applies to breeder deer, identified by the
63	61		Parks and Wildlife Department for the purpose of processing and
64	62		sale as venison, in the same manner that the chapter applies to an
65	63		exotic animal.
66	64		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.