| 1 | 1 | | 87R1592 MAW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: West S.B. No. 323 |
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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 licensing and regulation of dog and cat breeders; |
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| 8 | 8 | | expanding the applicability of an occupational license; requiring a |
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| 9 | 9 | | review of fee amounts. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 802.002(8), Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (8) "Dog or cat breeder" means a person who possesses |
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| 14 | 14 | | five [11] or more adult intact female animals and is engaged in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | business of breeding those animals for direct or indirect sale or |
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| 16 | 16 | | for exchange in return for consideration [and who sells or |
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| 17 | 17 | | exchanges, or offers to sell or exchange, not fewer than 20 animals |
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| 18 | 18 | | in a calendar year]. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas |
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| 20 | 20 | | Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall review the fee amounts |
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| 21 | 21 | | established under Section 802.052, Occupations Code, and adjust the |
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| 22 | 22 | | amount of fees as necessary to ensure the fees are established in |
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| 23 | 23 | | amounts sufficient to cover the costs of administering and |
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| 24 | 24 | | enforcing Chapter 802, Occupations Code. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 802.002(8), Occupations |
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| 26 | 26 | | Code, as amended by this Act, a dog or cat breeder who possesses |
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| 27 | 27 | | five or more but fewer than 11 adult intact female animals and is |
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| 28 | 28 | | engaged in the business of breeding those animals for direct or |
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| 29 | 29 | | indirect sale or for exchange in return for consideration is not |
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| 30 | 30 | | required to hold a license under Chapter 802, Occupations Code, to |
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| 31 | 31 | | act as a dog or cat breeder before January 1, 2022. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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