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AN ACT
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relating to veterinarian reports of diseased animals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 161.101(a) and (b), Agriculture Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A veterinarian, a veterinary diagnostic laboratory, or |
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a person having care, custody, or control of an animal shall report |
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the existence of the following diseases among livestock, exotic |
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livestock, bison, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl to the commission |
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within 24 hours after diagnosis of the disease: |
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(1) anthrax; |
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(2) avian infectious laryngotracheitis; |
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(3) avian influenza; |
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(4) avian tuberculosis; |
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(5) bovine trichomoniasis; |
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(6) chronic wasting disease; |
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(7) [(6)] duck virus enteritis; |
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(8) [(7)] duck virus hepatitis; |
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(9) [(8)] equine encephalomyelitis; |
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(10) equine herpes virus-1; |
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(11) [(9)] equine infectious anemia; |
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(12) equine viral arteritis; |
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(13) [(10)] infectious encephalomyelitis in poultry |
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or other fowl; |
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(14) [(11)] ornithosis; |
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(15) [(12)] paramyxovirus infection in poultry or |
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other fowl; or |
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(16) [(13)] scabies in sheep or cattle. |
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(b) In addition to reporting required by Subsection (a), the |
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commission may adopt rules that require a veterinarian, a |
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veterinary diagnostic laboratory, or a person having care, custody, |
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or control of an animal to report the existence of a disease other |
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than bluetongue in an animal to the commission within 24 hours after |
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diagnosis if the disease: |
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(1) is recognized by the United States Department of |
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Agriculture as a foreign animal disease; |
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(2) is the subject of a cooperative eradication |
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program with the United States Department of Agriculture; |
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(3) is a disease reportable to [named on "List A" of] |
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the Office International Des Epizooties; or |
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(4) is the subject of a state of emergency, as declared |
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by the governor. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a diagnosis made on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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diagnosis made before the effective date of this Act is covered by |
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the law in effect immediately before that date, and the former law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4006 was passed by the House on April |
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29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4006 was passed by the Senate on May |
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15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |