By: Cain (Senate Sponsor - Springer) H.B. No. 3361
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023;
May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Water,
Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
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PerryX
HancockX
BlancoX
FloresX
GutierrezX
JohnsonX
KolkhorstX
SparksX
SpringerX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the slaughtering of livestock.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 148.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 148.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "slaughterer"
means a person engaged in the business of[:
[(1)] slaughtering livestock for profit[; or
[(2) selling livestock, as a primary business, to be
slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the
seller, in a county:
[(A) with a population of one million or more;
[(B) that contains two or more municipalities
with a population of 250,000 or more;
[(C) that is adjacent to a county described by
Paragraph (B); or
[(D) that is adjacent to a county described by
Paragraph (C) and:
[(i) has a population of not more than
50,000 and contains a municipality with a population of at least
20,000; or
[(ii) contains, wholly or partly, two or
more municipalities with a population of 250,000 or more].
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 234, Local Government
Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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