87R1226 SLB-D
By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 432
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a deer breeding facility affected by chronic wasting
disease.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 43, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 43.370 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.370. DEER BREEDING FACILITY AFFECTED BY CHRONIC
WASTING DISEASE. (a) This section applies only to a permitted deer
breeding facility for which the department has obtained a chronic
wasting disease test result of suspect positive for any deer at the
facility.
(b) As soon as the department determines that all breeder
deer at a deer breeding facility described by Subsection (a) are
clear of chronic wasting disease, the department shall authorize
the resumption of permitted activities at the facility.
(c) The commission may adopt any rules necessary to
administer this section.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a deer breeding facility for which the Parks and Wildlife
Department obtains a chronic wasting disease test result of suspect
positive on or after the effective date of this Act. A deer
breeding facility for which the department obtains a test result of
suspect positive before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect at the time the department obtains the suspect
positive test result, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.