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

Tex. Agriculture Code § 164.084: MOVEMENT OF INFECTED, EXPOSED, OR QUARANTINED ANIMALS.

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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 164. SCABIES CONTROL
  5. SUBCHAPTER E. REMEDIES AND PENALTIES

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

(1) moves cattle or sheep in violation of Section 164.044(a) of this code; or

(2) moves or permits to be moved along or across a public highway or railroad, or on or across the land or premises of another person, cattle or sheep that are infected with scabies, exposed to scabies, or quarantined for scabies.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) A person commits a separate offense under Subsection (a)(2) of this section for each highway, railroad, or person's land or premises along, across, or onto which the person moves the cattle or sheep.

(d) Venue for prosecution of an offense under Subsection (a)(2) of this section is in any county into which or through which the cattle or sheep are moved.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1426, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

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