{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-161.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.003","heading":"DUTY OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.","body":"(a) The commissioners court of each county shall cooperate with and assist the commission in protecting livestock, domestic animals, and domestic fowl from communicable diseases, regardless of whether a particular disease exists in the county.\n(b) Each commissioners court may employ a veterinarian at the expense of the county. Any veterinarian employed is subject to approval by the commission.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1393, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["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 A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.161.htm#161.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"9d737af41a2697fb0366d785883baa942cec44997e57855240a4bce8f6a486d5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-161.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-161.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}