Bill Text: TX HB3855 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the control of diseases of swine.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-18 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [HB3855 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3855-Engrossed.html
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By: Rogers | H.B. No. 3855 |
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relating to the control of diseases of swine. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 165.002, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 165.002. [ |
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provided by law, a representative of the commission or a person | ||
authorized by the commission may vaccinate, inoculate, or treat | ||
hogs [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 165.003, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 165.003. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF UNATTENUATED | ||
CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER [ |
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sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or give away unattenuated | ||
classical swine fever [ |
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(b) This section does not prohibit: | ||
(1) acquisition, propagation, manufacture, or use of | ||
unattenuated classical swine fever [ |
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the licensed premises of, a firm operating under a United States | ||
veterinary license issued by the secretary of agriculture of the | ||
United States; | ||
(2) manufacture of unattenuated classical swine fever | ||
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veterinary license for the sale or distribution in states in which | ||
use of attenuated classical swine fever [ |
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permitted; or | ||
(3) keeping vaccine on hand for purely experimental or | ||
research activities by a recognized college, university, school, or | ||
laboratory engaged in research activities. | ||
(c) In this section, "unattenuated classical swine fever | ||
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virus that has not been modified or inactivated. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 165.021, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 165.021. COOPERATION WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF | ||
AGRICULTURE. The commission may cooperate with the United States | ||
Department of Agriculture in the eradication of vesicular | ||
exanthema, foot and mouth disease of swine, classical swine fever | ||
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SECTION 4. Section 165.022, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 165.022. METHOD OF DISEASE ERADICATION. (a) Following | ||
notice and public hearing, the commission shall adopt rules for the | ||
enforcement of this subchapter, including rules providing for the | ||
manner, method, and system of eradicating swine diseases. | ||
(b) The commission may by a two-thirds vote adopt rules | ||
under this section that are more stringent than the [ |
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adopted by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the | ||
United States Department of Agriculture. | ||
SECTION 5. The heading to Section 165.042, Agriculture | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 165.042. SALE OF UNATTENUATED CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER | ||
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SECTION 6. The amendments made by this Act to replace | ||
references to "hog cholera" with "classical swine fever" are a | ||
clarification of existing law and do not imply that existing law may | ||
be construed as inconsistent with the law as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |