{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-161.0416","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.0416","heading":"EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.","body":"(a) The commission may prepare and plan for, respond to, and aid in the recovery from disaster events that may affect livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl, including disease outbreaks, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, wildfires, and acts of terrorism.\n(b) The commission may assist with local emergency management planning. This subsection may not be construed to affect the commission's responsibility under any other law, including Chapter 418, Government Code, or any responsibility delegated to the commission by an emergency management authority of this state.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1242 (H.B. 2543), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2007.","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 C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.161.htm#161.0416","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"17dfc53dfa37669814b811207546544ee470d3adcf76e7a18dc367753bb648fe","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-161.0415","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-161.0417"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}