H.B. No. 1457
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the acceptable methods for disposal of poultry
  carcasses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 26.303(a), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The commission by rule shall adopt requirements for the
  safe and adequate handling, storage, transportation, and disposal
  of poultry carcasses. The rules must:
               (1)  specify the acceptable methods for disposal of
  poultry carcasses, including:
                     (A)  placement in a landfill permitted by the
  commission to receive municipal solid waste;
                     (B)  composting;
                     (C)  cremation or incineration;
                     (D)  extrusion;
                     (E)  on-farm freezing;
                     (F)  rendering; and
                     (G)  [cooking for swine food; and
                     [(H)]  any other method the commission determines
  to be appropriate;
               (2)  require poultry carcasses stored on the site of a
  poultry facility to be stored in a varmint-proof receptacle to
  prevent odor, leakage, or spillage;
               (3)  prohibit the storage of poultry carcasses on the
  site of a poultry facility for more than 72 hours unless the
  carcasses are refrigerated or frozen; and
               (4)  authorize the on-site burial of poultry carcasses
  only in the event of a major die-off that exceeds the capacity of a
  poultry facility to handle and dispose of poultry carcasses by the
  normal means used by the facility.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1457 was passed by the House on April
  27, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 1457 on May 24, 2007, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 1457 on May 26, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 141,
  Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1457 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
  1457 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor