Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R11951 AB-D
2	2	By: Hall S.B. No. 2648
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the identification of breeder deer.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Sections 43.3561(b), (f), (g), (h), and (j),
12	12	Parks and Wildlife Code, are amended to read as follows:
13	13	(b) Not later than March 31 of the year following the year in
14	14	which a breeder deer is born, the breeder deer must be identified
15	15	by[:
16	16	[(1) attaching an identification tag to the pinna of
17	17	either ear of the breeder deer in a manner so that the face of the
18	18	tag is clearly visible on the anterior side of the ear; and
19	19	[(2)] applying a single electronic identification
20	20	device in accordance with Subsection (f).
21	21	(f) An electronic identification device applied under
22	22	Subsection (b) [(b)(2)] must be approved by the United States
23	23	Department of Agriculture and have an associated 15-digit animal
24	24	identification number that begins with 840. If the electronic
25	25	identification device is a button tag, the button tag must be
26	26	attached to the pinna of either ear of the breeder deer. If the
27	27	electronic identification device is an implant, the implant may not
28	28	be implanted in edible muscle. No person may remove an electronic
29	29	identification device except as necessary to comply with Subsection
30	30	(h).
31	31	(g) The department shall create and maintain a database
32	32	containing electronic identification device numbers entered by
33	33	deer breeders. An electronic identification device [applied under
34	34	Subsection (b)(2)] is valid for purposes of Subsection (b) only if
35	35	the number associated with the device has been entered into the
36	36	department database and corresponds with the unique identifier
37	37	assigned to the breeder deer to or in which the device is attached
38	38	or implanted. In making a determination to destroy a deer under
39	39	Section 43.953, the department shall consider an electronic
40	40	identification device that meets the requirements of this section
41	41	as evidence of positive identification for a breeder deer that
42	42	cannot be identified by [either] the [identification tag or] tattoo
43	43	required by Subsection [(b) or] (j), provided that the deer breeder
44	44	entered the electronic identification device number into the
45	45	database before the identity of the breeder deer was in question as
46	46	determined by the department.
47	47	(h) A deer breeder immediately shall replace an electronic
48	48	identification device [tag] that has been dislodged, damaged, or
49	49	removed by means other than human agency to the extent that the
50	50	device [identification tag] does not meet the requirements of
51	51	Subsections (b) and (f) [(c)] with another electronic
52	52	identification device [tag] that meets the requirements of
53	53	Subsections (b) and (f) [(c), except that a deer breeder may create
54	54	and attach a replacement identification tag. A replacement
55	55	identification tag must:
56	56	[(1) be clearly visible;
57	57	[(2) have legible text written with a tag pen
58	58	manufactured for use with the tag; and
59	59	[(3) meet the requirements of Subsections (b)(1) and
60	60	(c), except for the requirement that the text be placed on the tag
61	61	by the manufacturer].
62	62	(j) A person may not remove or knowingly permit the removal
63	63	of a breeder deer held in a facility by a permittee under this
64	64	subchapter unless the breeder deer has been identified by applying
65	65	a tattoo to the inner portion of either ear of the deer that:
66	66	(1) is made with commercially available #300 or 5/16
67	67	inch tattoo letters and numbers;
68	68	(2) is legible, permanent, and green or black; and
69	69	(3) bears the same unique identifier associated with
70	70	the electronic identification device under Subsection (g) [printed
71	71	on the identification tag attached to the deer under Subsection
72	72	(c)].
73	73	SECTION 2. The following provisions of the Parks and
74	74	Wildlife Code are repealed:
75	75	(1) Sections 43.3561(a)(1) and (3); and
76	76	(2) Sections 43.3561(c), (d), (e), and (i).
77	77	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
78	78	43.3561, Parks and Wildlife Code, apply only to a breeder deer born
79	79	on or after the effective date of this Act. A breeder deer born
80	80	before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
81	81	effect on the date the breeder deer was born, and the former law is
82	82	continued in effect for that purpose.
83	83	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.