Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R11095 SRA-D
2	2	By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 949
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the game animal meat safety task force.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. GAME ANIMAL MEAT SAFETY TASK FORCE. (a) In this
10	10	section, "task force" means the game animal meat safety task force.
11	11	(b) The task force is composed of the following nine
12	12	members:
13	13	(1) the chair of the House Public Health Committee or
14	14	its successor;
15	15	(2) the chair of the Senate Health and Human Services
16	16	Committee or its successor;
17	17	(3) the chairs of the committees of the house and
18	18	senate with primary jurisdiction over parks and wildlife;
19	19	(4) the chairs of the committees of the house and
20	20	senate with primary jurisdiction over agriculture; and
21	21	(5) three members of the public who have demonstrated
22	22	sufficient knowledge of game animal meat safety, appointed as
23	23	follows:
24	24	(A) one member appointed by the governor;
25	25	(B) one member appointed by the lieutenant
26	26	governor; and
27	27	(C) one member appointed by the speaker of the
28	28	house of representatives.
29	29	(c) The chairs of the house and senate committees with
30	30	primary jurisdiction over agriculture shall serve as co-presiding
31	31	officers of the task force.
32	32	(d) The task force shall:
33	33	(1) study and examine trends in the commercially
34	34	raised game meat industry in this state, including the regulations
35	35	of and protections required for game meat, and the differences in
36	36	the inspection of game meats compared to the inspection of
37	37	traditional meats, including beef, pork, and poultry; and
38	38	(2) develop a short-term and a long-term commercially
39	39	raised game animal food safety plan to strengthen protections for
40	40	commercially raised native and nonnative wildlife game animals.
41	41	(e) A task force member is not entitled to compensation for
42	42	the services provided as a task force member. Subject to the
43	43	availability of funds, a task force member is entitled to
44	44	reimbursement for the member's actual and necessary expenses
45	45	incurred in performing task force duties.
46	46	(f) The task force shall meet at the call of one of the
47	47	co-presiding officers and may hold additional meetings as necessary
48	48	by telephone conference call, videoconference, or other similar
49	49	telecommunication method.
50	50	(g) The task force shall hold at least three public hearings
51	51	in locations selected by the task force to provide interested
52	52	persons an opportunity to appear and speak on any subject relating
53	53	to the powers and duties of the task force.
54	54	(h) Not later than December 1, 2020, the task force must
55	55	submit the short-term and the long-term commercially raised game
56	56	animal food safety plan to the governor, lieutenant governor, and
57	57	speaker of the house of representatives.
58	58	(i) The task force is abolished and this Act expires January
59	59	1, 2021.
60	60	(j) Not later than December 1, 2019, the governor, the
61	61	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
62	62	representatives shall appoint the members of the task force created
63	63	under this section.
64	64	SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
65	65	immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
66	66	elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
67	67	Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
68	68	immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.