Bill Text: TX HB5239 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to costs associated with the destruction of certain deer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-13 - Left pending in committee [HB5239 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5239-Introduced.html
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| By: Ashby | H.B. No. 5239 | |
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| relating to costs associated with the destruction of certain deer. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 43.955, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.955. COST RECOVERY. (a) The applicable permit | ||
| holder shall pay all costs associated with: | ||
| (1) an epidemiological assessment conducted under | ||
| this subchapter to the animal health commission; and | ||
| (2) except as provided by Subsection (b), the | ||
| destruction of deer under this subchapter to the department. | ||
| (b) The department may waive the costs associated with the | ||
| destruction under this subchapter of breeder deer at a facility | ||
| covered by a permit issued under Subchapter L if: | ||
| (1) a breeder deer at the facility has tested positive | ||
| for chronic wasting disease in a test performed by an accredited | ||
| testing laboratory; and | ||
| (2) the department determines that the breeder deer's | ||
| infection with chronic wasting disease was not the fault of the | ||
| permit holder. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 43.955, Parks and Wildlife Code, as | ||
| amended by this Act, applies only to the payment of costs arising | ||
| from the destruction of deer commenced on or after the effective | ||
| date of this Act. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
