| 1 | 1 | | 87R8782 BEF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bailes H.B. No. 3921 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of certain drugs in bovine breeding stock by or |
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| 8 | 8 | | on the prescription of a veterinarian. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 801, Occupations Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 801.365 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 801.365. BREEDING STOCK. (a) In this section, |
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| 13 | 13 | | "breeding stock" means a bovine animal intended by its owner or |
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| 14 | 14 | | caretaker, with the input of a veterinarian, to be used for |
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| 15 | 15 | | selective mating to maintain or enhance desirable genetic traits in |
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| 16 | 16 | | future generations and not intended, at the time a drug is |
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| 17 | 17 | | administered to the animal as provided by this section, for human or |
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| 18 | 18 | | animal consumption. The term does not include a market animal. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A veterinarian may administer, prescribe, dispense, or |
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| 20 | 20 | | deliver any drug derived from a naturally occurring hormone in |
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| 21 | 21 | | breeding stock. The veterinarian shall determine and prescribe an |
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| 22 | 22 | | adequate withdrawal time for the drug. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) An owner or caretaker may use a drug described by |
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| 24 | 24 | | Subsection (b) in breeding stock in the manner prescribed by a |
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| 25 | 25 | | veterinarian. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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