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79S30191 BDH-D

By:  Hughes                                                       H.B. No. 47 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prohibiting mandatory participation in an animal 
identification system.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 161.056(a), (c), and (d), Agriculture 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  In order to provide for disease control and enhance the 
ability to trace disease-infected animals or animals that have been 
exposed to disease, the commission may develop and implement a 
voluntary [an] animal identification program that is consistent 
with the United States Department of Agriculture's National Animal 
Identification System.
	(c)  The commission may permit [require] the use of official 
identification numbers assigned as part of the animal 
identification program for animal disease control, animal 
emergency management, and other commission programs.
	(d)  The commission may establish a date by which all 
participating premises must be registered and may assess a 
registration fee on all entities that register for a premises 
identification number.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 161.056(g) and (h), Agriculture Code, 
are repealed.     
	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, 2006.