S.B. No. 970
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the failure to handle certain animals in accordance
  with rules of the Texas Animal Health Commission; amending
  provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 161.041(c), Agriculture Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly
  fails to handle, in accordance with rules adopted by the
  commission, livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic
  fowl:
               (1)  infected with a disease listed in Subsection (a);
               (2)  exposed, as defined by commission rule, to a
  disease listed in Subsection (a) if the commission has notified the
  person that the animal was exposed to the disease; or
               (3)  subject to a testing requirement due to a risk of
  exposure, as defined by commission rule, to a specific disease if
  the commission has notified the person of the testing requirement.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 970 passed the Senate on
  April 9, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 970 passed the House on
  May 8, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 132, Nays 0, two present
  not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor