Tex. Agriculture Code § 165.003: SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF UNATTENUATED CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS.

(a) A person may not sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or give away unattenuated classical swine fever virus.

(b) This section does not prohibit:

(1) acquisition, propagation, manufacture, or use of unattenuated classical swine fever virus by, and on the licensed premises of, a firm operating under a United States veterinary license issued by the secretary of agriculture of the United States;

(2) manufacture of unattenuated classical swine fever virus by a firm operating under a United States veterinary license for the sale or distribution in states in which use of attenuated classical swine fever virus is permitted; or

(3) keeping vaccine on hand for purely experimental or research activities by a recognized college, university, school, or laboratory engaged in research activities.

(c) In this section, "unattenuated classical swine fever virus" means a classical swine fever virus that has not been modified or inactivated.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1428, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 623 (S.B. 1997), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.