88R14292 KBB-F
By: Cain H.B. No. 5068
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period of time that a slaughterer must preserve the
records pertaining to the purchase or slaughter of certain
livestock.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 148.011(c), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) The record must be prepared and made available to the
Texas Animal Health Commission and for public inspection within 24
hours after the slaughterer receives the livestock. The
slaughterer shall preserve the record for at least one year [two
years] and shall keep the record open for public inspection at all
reasonable hours.
SECTION 2. Section 148.043(b), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A slaughterer shall preserve the [keep] records under
this section for at least one year and shall keep the record open
for public inspection at reasonable hours.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.