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

Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.150: FAILURE TO REGISTER FERAL SWINE HOLDING FACILITIES; HOLDING OF FERAL SWINE.

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  1. AGRICULTURE CODE
  2. TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS
  3. SUBTITLE C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS
  4. CHAPTER 161. GENERAL DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL
  5. SUBCHAPTER H. REMEDIES AND PENALTIES

(a) A person commits an offense if the person recklessly:

(1) maintains a feral swine holding facility that is not registered under Section 161.0412; or

(2) as the owner or person in charge of a holding facility that is not registered under Section 161.0412, holds or permits another to hold a feral swine in the holding facility.

(b) Each feral swine held or permitted to be held in violation of Subsection (a)(2) constitutes a separate offense.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1242 (H.B. 2543), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2007.

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

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