H.B. 505
         AGRICULTURAL CODE AMENDMENTS

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 1 March 1, 2012 10:39 AM



Representative Brad J. Galvez proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 7, Lines 189 through 201 :    

             189          (2) The department shall ensure that restricted account distributions or expenditures
             190      under Subsections (1)(b) and (c) are used for:
             191          (a) range improvement and maintenance;
             192          (b) the control of predatory and depredating animals;
             193          (c) the control, management, or extermination of invading species, range damaging
             194      organisms, and poisonous or noxious weeds;
             195          (d) the purchase or lease of lands or a conservation easement for the benefit of a
             196      grazing district;
             197          (e) watershed protection, development, distribution, and improvement; [and]
             198          (f) the general welfare of livestock grazing within a grazing district[.]; and
             199          (g) subject to Subsection (3),
{   administration costs of   }        costs to monitor       rangeland improvement projects.

             200          (3) Annual account distributions or expenditures for the
{   administration   }        monitoring       costs described

             201      in Subsection (2)(g) may not exceed 10% of the annual receipts of the fund.

2.    Page 10, Lines 282 through 283 :    

             282          (1) An owner or other person responsible for a domestic animal that dies shall bury or
             283      dispose of the animal within two business days after the day on which
{   the animal dies.   }        the owner or other person responsible for the animal becomes aware that the animal is dead.      


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