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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that a person or laboratory that |
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performs an official equine infectious anemia test be approved by |
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the Texas Animal Health Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 161, Agriculture Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 161.0602 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 161.0602. PERSONS OR LABORATORIES PERFORMING EQUINE |
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INFECTIOUS ANEMIA TESTS. (a) The commission shall adopt rules that |
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require a person or laboratory to be approved by the commission if |
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the person or laboratory performs an official equine infectious |
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anemia test. |
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(b) Rules adopted under this section must include: |
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(1) approval requirements; |
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(2) provisions governing the issuance, renewal, and |
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revocation of an approval; |
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(3) inspection requirements; |
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(4) recordkeeping requirements; |
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(5) equine infectious anemia testing methods approved |
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by the commission; and |
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(6) proficiency standards. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas Animal |
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Health Commission shall adopt rules as required by Section |
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161.0602, Agriculture Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3738 was passed by the House on April |
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30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, 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. 3738 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |