Relating to the assessment, destruction, and release of certain deer.

SB 97 modifies Texas Parks and Wildlife Code provisions related to deer management. It allows breeder deer with negative disease test results to be released within 14 days (instead of waiting longer), after an epidemiological assessment confirms they pose no disease risk. The bill requires disease testing to use the least intrusive method (not tonsillar tissue) at the destruction site and mandates that notices to permit holders include test results. These changes directly affect deer breeders, wildlife officials, and facilities handling deer subject to disease testing. The law aims to streamline the release process for tested-negative deer while maintaining disease control protocols.