H.B. No. 3856
AN ACT
relating to administrative penalties imposed by the Texas Animal
Health Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 161.148(a) and (b), Agriculture Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission may impose an administrative penalty on
[against] a person who violates this subtitle or a rule or order
adopted under this subtitle.
(b) The penalty for a violation may be in an amount not to
exceed $5,000 [$1,000]. Each day a violation continues or occurs is
a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty. The amount
of the penalty shall not be based on a per head basis.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a violation committed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
violation committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect when the violation was committed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, a violation was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the violation occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3856 was passed by the House on April
30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 26, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3856 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor