{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-161.061","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.061","heading":"ESTABLISHMENT.","body":"(a) The commission may establish a quarantine against all or the portion of a state, territory, or country in which a disease listed in rules adopted under Section 161.041 exists.\n(b) A quarantine established under Subsection (a) may extend to any affected area, including a county, district, pasture, lot, ranch, farm, field, range, thoroughfare, building, stable, or stockyard pen.\n(c) The commission may establish a quarantine to prohibit or regulate the movement of:\n(1) any article or animal that the commission designates to be a carrier of a disease listed in rules adopted under Section 161.041 or a potential carrier of one of those diseases, if movement is not otherwise regulated or prohibited; and\n(2) an animal into an affected area, including a county district, pasture, lot, ranch, farm, field, range, thoroughfare, building, stable, or stockyard pen.\n(d) The commission by rule may delegate its authority to establish a quarantine under this section to the executive director, who shall promptly notify the members of the commission when a quarantine is established.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1397, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 31, Sec. 2, eff. April 27, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (S.B. 705), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2021.","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 D. QUARANTINES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.161.htm#161.061","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"061084160aff5b974148b2944367d2af1aac4f0f4add9d12e65e93ebd2a065a9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-161.0603","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-161.0615"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}