Texas Agriculture Code
§ 161.041 — DISEASE CONTROL
AG § 161.041Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS · Part C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 161. GENERAL DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL · Art. C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission shall protect all livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, and exotic fowl from diseases the commission determines require control or eradication. The commission shall adopt and periodically update rules listing the diseases that require control or eradication by the commission. Section 2001.0045, Government Code, does not apply to rules adopted under this subsection.
(b)The commission may act to eradicate or control any disease or agent of transmission for any disease that affects livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl, regardless of whether the disease is communicable, even if the agent of transmission is an animal species that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the commission. The commission may adopt any rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection, including rules concerning testing, movement, inspection, and treatment.
(c)A person commits an offense if the person knowingly fails to handle, in accordance with rules adopted by the commission, livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl:
(1)infected with a disease listed by the commission by rule under Subsection (a);
(2)exposed, as defined by commission rule, to a disease listed by the commission by rule under Subsection (a) if the commission has notified the person that the animal was exposed to the disease; or
(3)subject to a testing requirement due to a risk of exposure, as defined by commission rule, to a specific disease if the commission has notified the person of the testing requirement.
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1242 (H.B. 2543), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 77 (S.B. 970), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (S.B. 705), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2021.