Texas Agriculture Code
§ 161.052 — MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON COOPERATION WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES
AG § 161.052Title 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 and the commissioners court of a county by rule may adopt a joint memorandum of understanding that includes provisions under which the sheriff of that county or the sheriff's deputies are to check for health papers and permits when a livestock vehicle is stopped for other reasons in the regular course of the sheriff's or the deputies' duties. The memorandum shall require:
(1)commission staff to provide information to the sheriff and the deputies regarding health papers and permits;
(2)the sheriff and the deputies to report potential problems to the commission;
(3)commission staff to investigate possible violations reported by the sheriff or the deputies;
(4)the sheriff or deputies to provide assistance when requested by the commission; and
(5)commission personnel to notify the sheriff, when appropriate, of commission roadblocks located in the county or special or night operations planned for the county.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.