87R19256 MP-F
By: Rogers H.B. No. 3855
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the control of diseases of swine.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 165.002, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 165.002. [OWNER] TREATMENT. Except as otherwise
provided by law, a representative of the commission or a person
authorized by the commission may vaccinate, inoculate, or treat
hogs [owned by that person] with classical swine fever [hog
cholera] virus or serum or with another remedy[, and a county
demonstration agent may vaccinate, inoculate, or treat any hogs in
the county in which the agent is employed with hog cholera virus or
serum or with another remedy].
SECTION 2. Section 165.003, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 165.003. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF UNATTENUATED
CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER [HOG CHOLERA] VIRUS. (a) A person may not
sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or give away unattenuated
classical swine fever [hog cholera] virus.
(b) This section does not prohibit:
(1) acquisition, propagation, manufacture, or use of
unattenuated classical swine fever [hog cholera] virus by, and on
the licensed premises of, a firm operating under a United States
veterinary license issued by the secretary of agriculture of the
United States;
(2) manufacture of unattenuated classical swine fever
[hog cholera] virus by a firm operating under a United States
veterinary license for the sale or distribution in states in which
use of attenuated classical swine fever [hog cholera] virus is
permitted; or
(3) keeping vaccine on hand for purely experimental or
research activities by a recognized college, university, school, or
laboratory engaged in research activities.
(c) In this section, "unattenuated classical swine fever
[hog cholera] virus" means a classical swine fever [hog cholera]
virus that has not been modified or inactivated.
SECTION 3. Section 165.021, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 165.021. COOPERATION WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE. The commission may cooperate with the United States
Department of Agriculture in the eradication of vesicular
exanthema, foot and mouth disease of swine, classical swine fever
[hog cholera], and other diseases of swine.
SECTION 4. Section 165.022, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 165.022. METHOD OF DISEASE ERADICATION. (a) Following
notice and public hearing, the commission shall adopt rules for the
enforcement of this subchapter, including rules providing for the
manner, method, and system of eradicating swine diseases.
(b) The commission may by a two-thirds vote adopt rules
under this section that are more stringent than the [may not exceed
the rules relating to] minimum standards for cooperative programs
adopted by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the
United States Department of Agriculture.
SECTION 5. The heading to Section 165.042, Agriculture
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 165.042. SALE OF UNATTENUATED CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER
[HOG CHOLERA] VIRUS.
SECTION 6. The amendments made by this Act to replace
references to "hog cholera" with "classical swine fever" are a
clarification of existing law and do not imply that existing law may
be construed as inconsistent with the law as amended by this Act.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.