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1	1	S.B. No. 691
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to an animal share exemption for certain meat and meat food
6	6	products; providing a civil penalty.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 433, Health and Safety
9	9	Code, is amended by adding Section 433.0065 to read as follows:
10	10	Sec. 433.0065. ANIMAL SHARE EXEMPTION; CIVIL PENALTY. (a)
11	11	In this section, "animal share" means an ownership interest in one
12	12	or more identified livestock animals created by a contract between
13	13	a farmer or rancher who owns the livestock and a prospective
14	14	co-owner of the livestock.
15	15	(b) An animal share executed by a co-owner and a farmer or
16	16	rancher under this section must include:
17	17	(1) a bill of sale the farmer or rancher provides to
18	18	the co-owner conveying an ownership interest in the livestock;
19	19	(2) a provision authorizing the farmer or rancher to
20	20	board the livestock and arrange preparation of the livestock as
21	21	meat and meat food products for the co-owner; and
22	22	(3) a provision entitling the co-owner to a share of
23	23	meat and meat food products derived from the livestock.
24	24	(c) The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of
25	25	livestock before slaughter and inspection of the preparation of
26	26	meat and meat food products do not apply to the slaughter of
27	27	livestock and preparation of meat and meat food products if:
28	28	(1) ownership of the livestock under an animal share
29	29	is established before the livestock is slaughtered and the meat and
30	30	meat food products are prepared;
31	31	(2) the meat and meat food products are:
32	32	(A) prepared from livestock subject to an animal
33	33	share and delivered to the establishment preparing the products by
34	34	the farmer or rancher boarding the livestock; and
35	35	(B) following preparation, delivered directly to
36	36	the co-owner;
37	37	(3) on delivery of the meat or meat food products to
38	38	the co-owner, the establishment provides to the co-owner notice
39	39	that the department has not inspected the meat or meat food products
40	40	in:
41	41	(A) a separate written statement that
42	42	prominently displays the warning; or
43	43	(B) a warning statement prominently displayed on
44	44	a label affixed to the meat or meat food product packaging;
45	45	(4) the label affixed to the meat or meat food product
46	46	clearly and conspicuously states "Not for Sale"; and
47	47	(5) the farmer or rancher provides to the co-owner
48	48	information describing the standards the farmer or rancher followed
49	49	in maintaining livestock health and preparing the meat and meat
50	50	food products derived from the livestock.
51	51	(d) A person may not sell, donate, or commercially
52	52	redistribute meat or meat food products produced in accordance with
53	53	this section. A person who violates this subsection is liable to
54	54	this state for a civil penalty in the amount of $10,000 for each
55	55	violation. The attorney general may bring an action to recover a
56	56	civil penalty authorized under this subsection and may recover
57	57	reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining the civil penalty,
58	58	including court costs, attorney's fees, investigative costs,
59	59	witness fees, and deposition expenses.
60	60	(e) A farmer or rancher may not publish a statement that
61	61	implies department approval or endorsement regarding meat or meat
62	62	food products delivered pursuant to an animal share.
63	63	(f) The adulteration and misbranding provisions of this
64	64	chapter, other than the requirement of an inspection legend, apply
65	65	to meat or meat food products prepared by a processing
66	66	establishment under this section.
67	67	(g) This section does not authorize the preparation of meat
68	68	or meat food products in violation of the Federal Meat Inspection
69	69	Act (21 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.).
70	70	SECTION 2. Section 433.024(b), Health and Safety Code, is
71	71	amended to read as follows:
72	72	(b) The department shall inspect each slaughtering
73	73	establishment whose primary business is the selling of livestock to
74	74	be slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the
75	75	seller. This subsection does not nullify the provisions in Section
76	76	433.006 relating to exemptions or Section 433.0065 relating to an
77	77	animal share exemption.
78	78	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
79	79	______________________________ ______________________________
80	80	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
81	81	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 691 passed the Senate on
82	82	April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
83	83	______________________________
84	84	Secretary of the Senate
85	85	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 691 passed the House on
86	86	May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 17,
87	87	two present not voting.
88	88	______________________________
89	89	Chief Clerk of the House
90	90	Approved:
91	91	______________________________
92	92	Date
93	93	______________________________
94	94	Governor