85R12879 SLB-D
By: Biedermann H.B. No. 3835
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the payment for breeder deer taken for disease
management.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.955, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 43.955. COST RECOVERY. (a) The applicable permit
holder shall pay all costs associated with[:
[(1)] an epidemiological assessment conducted under
this subchapter to the animal health commission[; and
[(2) the destruction of deer under this subchapter to
the department].
(b) A permit holder under Subchapter R or R-1 shall pay all
costs associated with the destruction of deer under this subchapter
to the department.
(c) The department shall pay the cost of a breeder deer
destroyed under this subchapter to the holder of the permit under
Subchapter L who held the breeder deer in captivity for the purpose
of propagation. The amount paid under this section is $3,000 per
deer or an amount set by the commission, whichever is higher.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
destruction of a deer on or after the effective date of this Act.
The destruction of a deer before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect at the time the deer was destroyed 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.