SB98 - Relating to the costs associated with the assessment and destruction of certain deer.

  89R4210 BEE-F     By: Hall S.B. No. 98       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the costs associated with the assessment and   destruction of certain deer.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 43.955(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The department [ applicable permit holder ] shall pay all   costs associated with:                (1)  an epidemiological assessment conducted under   this subchapter to the animal health commission; and                (2)  [ except as provided by Subsection (b), ] the   destruction of deer under this subchapter , including any costs   associated with the disposal of the deer [ to the department ].          SECTION 2.  Sections 43.955(b) and (c), Parks and Wildlife   Code, are repealed.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to the payment of costs arising from an epidemiological assessment   conducted, or the destruction of deer commenced, on or after the   effective date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  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, 2025.