Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3855 Compare Versions

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1	1		87R19256 MP-F
2	2		By: Rogers H.B. No. 3855
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3855:
	4	+	By: Anderson C.S.H.B. No. 3855
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to the control of diseases of swine.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Section 165.002, Agriculture Code, is amended to
10	12		read as follows:
11	13		Sec. 165.002. [OWNER] TREATMENT. Except as otherwise
12	14		provided by law, a representative of the commission or a person
13	15		authorized by the commission may vaccinate, inoculate, or treat
14	16		hogs [owned by that person] with classical swine fever [hog
15	17		cholera] virus or serum or with another remedy[, and a county
16	18		demonstration agent may vaccinate, inoculate, or treat any hogs in
17	19		the county in which the agent is employed with hog cholera virus or
18	20		serum or with another remedy].
19	21		SECTION 2. Section 165.003, Agriculture Code, is amended to
20	22		read as follows:
21	23		Sec. 165.003. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF UNATTENUATED
22	24		CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER [HOG CHOLERA] VIRUS. (a) A person may not
23	25		sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or give away unattenuated
24	26		classical swine fever [hog cholera] virus.
25	27		(b) This section does not prohibit:
26	28		(1) acquisition, propagation, manufacture, or use of
27	29		unattenuated classical swine fever [hog cholera] virus by, and on
28	30		the licensed premises of, a firm operating under a United States
29	31		veterinary license issued by the secretary of agriculture of the
30	32		United States;
31	33		(2) manufacture of unattenuated classical swine fever
32	34		[hog cholera] virus by a firm operating under a United States
33	35		veterinary license for the sale or distribution in states in which
34	36		use of attenuated classical swine fever [hog cholera] virus is
35	37		permitted; or
36	38		(3) keeping vaccine on hand for purely experimental or
37	39		research activities by a recognized college, university, school, or
38	40		laboratory engaged in research activities.
39	41		(c) In this section, "unattenuated classical swine fever
40	42		[hog cholera] virus" means a classical swine fever [hog cholera]
41	43		virus that has not been modified or inactivated.
42	44		SECTION 3. Section 165.021, Agriculture Code, is amended to
43	45		read as follows:
44	46		Sec. 165.021. COOPERATION WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
45	47		AGRICULTURE. The commission may cooperate with the United States
46	48		Department of Agriculture in the eradication of vesicular
47	49		exanthema, foot and mouth disease of swine, classical swine fever
48	50		[hog cholera], and other diseases of swine.
49	51		SECTION 4. Section 165.022, Agriculture Code, is amended to
50	52		read as follows:
51	53		Sec. 165.022. METHOD OF DISEASE ERADICATION. (a) Following
52	54		notice and public hearing, the commission shall adopt rules for the
53	55		enforcement of this subchapter, including rules providing for the
54	56		manner, method, and system of eradicating swine diseases.
55	57		(b) The commission may by a two-thirds vote adopt rules
56	58		under this section that are more stringent than the [may not exceed
57	59		the rules relating to] minimum standards for cooperative programs
58	60		adopted by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the
59	61		United States Department of Agriculture.
60	62		SECTION 5. The heading to Section 165.042, Agriculture
61	63		Code, is amended to read as follows:
62	64		Sec. 165.042. SALE OF UNATTENUATED CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER
63	65		[HOG CHOLERA] VIRUS.
64	66		SECTION 6. The amendments made by this Act to replace
65	67		references to "hog cholera" with "classical swine fever" are a
66	68		clarification of existing law and do not imply that existing law may
67	69		be construed as inconsistent with the law as amended by this Act.
68	70		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.