Bill Text: TX HB2482 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on chronic wasting disease containment zones and surveillance zones established by the Parks and Wildlife Commission or the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-05 - Filed [HB2482 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2482-Introduced.html
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| By: Curry | H.B. No. 2482 | |
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| relating to a prohibition on chronic wasting disease containment | ||
| zones and surveillance zones established by the Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Commission or the Parks and Wildlife Department. | ||
| 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. CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CONTAINMENT ZONES AND | ||
| SURVEILLANCE ZONES PROHIBITED. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Chronic wasting disease containment zone" means a | ||
| geographic area defined by the commission or the department where: | ||
| (A) chronic wasting disease is detected; or | ||
| (B) using the best available science and data, | ||
| the commission or the department determines chronic wasting disease | ||
| detection is probable. | ||
| (2) "Chronic wasting disease surveillance zone" means | ||
| a geographic area defined by the commission or the department | ||
| where, using the best available science and data, the commission or | ||
| the department determines the presence of chronic wasting disease | ||
| could reasonably be expected. | ||
| (b) The commission or the department may not: | ||
| (1) designate or maintain a designation for a | ||
| geographic area as a chronic wasting disease containment zone or | ||
| surveillance zone; or | ||
| (2) otherwise designate or maintain a designation for | ||
| a geographic area in a manner that regulates the activities in the | ||
| geographic area of the holder of a license or permit issued under | ||
| this code based on the detection or expected presence of chronic | ||
| wasting disease in that area. | ||
| SECTION 2. On the effective date of this Act, a chronic | ||
| wasting disease containment zone or surveillance zone, as defined | ||
| by Section 12.029, Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| that was established before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| abolished. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
