{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-165.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 165.003","heading":"SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF UNATTENUATED CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS.","body":"(a) A person may not sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or give away unattenuated classical swine fever virus.\n(b) This section does not prohibit:\n(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;\n(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\n(3) keeping vaccine on hand for purely experimental or research activities by a recognized college, university, school, or laboratory engaged in research activities.\n(c) In this section, \"unattenuated classical swine fever virus\" means a classical swine fever virus that has not been modified or inactivated.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1428, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 623 (S.B. 1997), Sec. 2, 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 165. CONTROL OF DISEASES OF SWINE","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.165.htm#165.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"04e41ce557de23da59b0bec2eedab289bed4b488af4f998276f332b417013d1b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-165.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-165.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}