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| 1 | 1 | 86R12302 SRA-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Zwiener H.B. No. 3083 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the regulation of certain low-volume poultry processing | |
| 8 | 8 | establishments. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 433.0245, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (e) For the purposes of this section, a low-volume livestock | |
| 13 | 13 | processing establishment: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) includes a poultry processing establishment that | |
| 15 | 15 | processes more than 1,000 but not more than 20,000 poultry raised by | |
| 16 | 16 | the operator of the establishment in a calendar year; and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) does not include a poultry processing | |
| 18 | 18 | establishment that processes 1,000 or fewer poultry raised by the | |
| 19 | 19 | operator of the establishment in a calendar year. | |
| 20 | 20 | (f) A poultry processing establishment described by | |
| 21 | 21 | Subsection (e)(2): | |
| 22 | 22 | (1) is not subject to additional state regulation; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (2) may sell poultry products directly to: | |
| 24 | 24 | (A) consumers; and | |
| 25 | 25 | (B) restaurants that provide food for immediate | |
| 26 | 26 | human consumption. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |