{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-167.133","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.133","heading":"MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS OR COMMODITIES INTO TEXAS FROM QUARANTINED AREA.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person:\n(1) moves animals or, as owner, part owner, or caretaker, permits animals to be moved into this state in violation of Section 167.026(a); or\n(2) moves animals or commodities into this state in violation of Section 167.026(b) or (c).\n(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class C misdemeanor for each animal moved or permitted to be moved unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.\n(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) of this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor. A person commits a separate offense under that subsection for the movement of each animal, each animal product, or each shipment of another commodity.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1452, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 58, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 548, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 1807), Sec. 33, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 773 (S.B. 1095), Sec. 33, 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 F. PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.167.htm#167.133","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"a6e5f3e8ebde7a0ea8de19743778945a4c369d05610067ce124b89926398d392","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-167.132","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-167.134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}