STATE GOVERNMENT PROJECT

LOCAL STATE REPRESENATIVE

• Bennett Ratliff

STATE HOUSE REPRESENATIVES

• Kenny Marchant

DISTRICTS

• 24-Kenny Marchand

KENNY MARCHANT

• He grew up in Carrollton
• He graduated from college in Oklahoma
• he owned a homebuilding company prior to entering politics
• Marchant worked closely with Bush when he was governor of Texas
• Marchant served on the Carrollton City Council from 1980 to 1984

DEMOGRAPHICS

• Coppellisd attendance 10,960
• 18-64 :25,847
• College edu. 21,309
• Higher than the average community
• Civilian labor force is most worked in coppell it's the majority employment in texas

AGENCY

• Animal health commission

MISSION STATEMENT

• to protect the animal industry from, and/or mitigate the effects of domestic, foreign and emerging diseases;
• to increase the marketability of Texas livestock commodities at the state, national and international level;
• to promote and ensure animal health and productivity;
• to protect human health from animal diseases and conditions that are transmissible to people; and,
• to prepare for and respond to emergency situations involving animals

MAIN FUNCTION

• To protect the health of livestock

IMPACT ON TEXAS

• TAHC works to protect the health of all Texas livestock
• Texas livestock is being handled better

PROFFESIONS

• Database Administrator
• Field Epidemiologist
• Livestock inspector

Untitled Slide

• TAHC reminds horse owners to keep the horses healthy
• by practicing biosecurity measure
• http://www.tahc.state.tx.us/news/pr/2014/2014-05-23_EquineBiosecurityRemind...