AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 44 and Title 58, relative to animals.

As introduced, requires the commissioner of agriculture and the state veterinarian to receive prior approval from the joint government operations committee of the house of representatives and the senate to order vaccinations and tests for animals in this state; removes the requirement that an owner of a dead animal be liable for the sanitary disposition of the animal; clarifies indemnity procedures for a destroyed animal. - Amends TCA Title 44 and Title 58.