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

Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.131: REFUSAL OF INSPECTION.

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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 167. TICK ERADICATION
  5. SUBCHAPTER F. PENALTIES

(a) A person commits an offense if, as the owner, part owner, or caretaker of animals, the person fails to gather the animals for inspection at the time and place ordered by the commission under Section 167.008.

(b) 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.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1451, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 56, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 548, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 1807), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 773 (S.B. 1095), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2013.

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