85R14602 SLB-D
By: Biedermann H.B. No. 3832
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to breeder deer affected by chronic wasting disease.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 43.370 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.370. BREEDER DEER AFFECTED BY CHRONIC WASTING
DISEASE. (a) Subchapter X does not apply to a breeder deer
destroyed under this section.
(b) The department shall make a payment to a deer breeder in
an amount not to exceed $3,000 for the care of each breeder deer
that is:
(1) under the control of the deer breeder; and
(2) destroyed after the department determines that the
breeder deer is positive for chronic wasting disease under a herd
certification program administered by the federal Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
determination that a deer is affected by chronic wasting disease
that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. A
determination that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect at the time the deer was determined to
be affected by chronic wasting disease, and that law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.