{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-433.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.023","heading":"INVESTIGATION OF DISEASE FINDINGS; QUARANTINE.","body":"(a) The department may investigate a disease finding by a livestock inspector if the department determines that the investigation is in the best interest of public health.\n(b) If a disease adverse to the public health is found under this chapter, the commissioner may quarantine the premises where an animal is located that is afflicted with any stage of a disease that may be transmitted to man or other animals. A quarantined animal may be removed from a quarantined area only on permission from and under supervision by the commissioner.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1032, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS","CHAPTER 433. TEXAS MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION ACT","SUBCHAPTER B. INSPECTION AND OTHER REGULATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.433.htm#433.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"9f5fd8dd3cdc0ce07bcba5117f7b63c81f550c0e85bfa1d26329ffd7624f433b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-433.022","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-433.024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}