{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.008","heading":"COMMUNICABLE DISEASE IN ANIMALS; EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.","body":"The Texas Animal Health Commission and the Texas A\u0026M University Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall each adopt by rule a memorandum of understanding, adopted also by rule by the executive commissioner, governing the exchange of information on communicable diseases in animals between the department and those entities.\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. 3.0218, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"60d13c07f323a5ce817a0b4bcd7c3ea3b9f64afb709c5d4aed6585a9cce18d1f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}