89R8705 BEE-F     By: Orr H.B. No. 4543       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the removal of a fence surrounding a breeder deer   release site.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 43.361, Parks and Wildlife Code, is   amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:          (c)  The owner of land that is or was registered as a release   site with the department may remove a fence described by Subsection   (a) if:                (1)  at least five years have elapsed from the most   recent date breeder deer were released on the site;                (2)  the owner notifies each adjacent landowner in the   form and manner prescribed by the department of the owner's   intention to remove the fence;                (3)  the site has not more than a trace connection to a   facility on which chronic wasting disease has been detected; and                (4)  the department certifies that no deer released on   the site has been epidemiologically associated with a positive   result of a test for chronic wasting disease.          (d)  The department may not make the certification described   by Subsection (c)(4) unless the department has a confidence level   of at least:                (1)  95 percent that chronic wasting disease is not   present at greater than five percent prevalence over a five-year   testing period, if:                      (A)  the release site has no connection to a   facility on which chronic wasting disease has been detected;                      (B)  all deer released on the site display visible   identification allowing for individual identification at a   distance; and                      (C)  the site has complied with all applicable   commission rules and department registration and permitting   requirements and has not had any violations relating to a permit   described by Section 12.601; or                (2)  99 percent that chronic wasting disease is not   present at greater than one percent prevalence over a five-year   testing period, if the release site:                      (A)  has not more than a trace connection to a   facility on which chronic wasting disease has been detected; and                      (B)  otherwise does not satisfy the requirements   of Subdivisions (1)(A)-(C).          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.