Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.0542: NOTICE OF WILDLIFE DISEASE OUTBREAK.

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AGRICULTURE CODE
TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS
SUBTITLE C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS
CHAPTER 161. GENERAL DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION

(a) Notwithstanding any law restricting the disclosure of information by the commission and subject to Subsection (b), if the commission becomes aware of a wildlife disease outbreak on a property, the commission shall provide notice of the location and nature of the outbreak to:

(1) each owner of adjacent property; and

(2) the Parks and Wildlife Department.

(b) Subsection (a) applies only to a disease that the commission has designated as reportable.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 247 (S.B. 811), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2023.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:46:50Z. Source file · JSON

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