89R4280 BEE-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 114
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to postmortem testing of deer for chronic wasting disease.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 12.029 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.029. POSTMORTEM TESTING OF DEER FOR CHRONIC WASTING
DISEASE. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, postmortem testing of
deer for chronic wasting disease under this code or a rule adopted
under this code must be conducted by the Texas A&M Veterinary
Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.
(b) The results of a test described by Subsection (a) must
be interpreted by at least two employees of the Texas A&M Veterinary
Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.