86R12302 SRA-F
By: Zwiener H.B. No. 3083
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of certain low-volume poultry processing
establishments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 433.0245, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) For the purposes of this section, a low-volume livestock
processing establishment:
(1) includes a poultry processing establishment that
processes more than 1,000 but not more than 20,000 poultry raised by
the operator of the establishment in a calendar year; and
(2) does not include a poultry processing
establishment that processes 1,000 or fewer poultry raised by the
operator of the establishment in a calendar year.
(f) A poultry processing establishment described by
Subsection (e)(2):
(1) is not subject to additional state regulation; and
(2) may sell poultry products directly to:
(A) consumers; and
(B) restaurants that provide food for immediate
human consumption.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.