{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-167.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.021","heading":"GENERAL QUARANTINE POWER.","body":"(a) The commission may establish quarantines on land, premises, and animals as necessary for tick eradication.\n(b) The commission in writing may release a quarantine established under this chapter if the commission considers it necessary or advisable to do so.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1438, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 1807), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 773 (S.B. 1095), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS","CHAPTER 167. TICK ERADICATION","SUBCHAPTER B. QUARANTINES; REGULATION OF MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS AND COMMODITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.167.htm#167.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"29dec06f534316730ebf761c7b06ccbf5c60f069d965960a54e1a9432637cdd1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-167.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-167.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}