Tex. Agric. Code § 146.024 · Subchapter B. EXPORT-IMPORT PROCESSING FACILITIES
ABANDONED ANIMALS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In order to satisfy unpaid fees and debts to the state and private suppliers, the department may sell at public auction an animal that the owner leaves in the processing facilities for more than 30 days.
(b) The proceeds of a sale under this section shall be used first to satisfy the fees owed to the department and then to satisfy the fees and debts owed to private suppliers. Any balance of the proceeds shall be paid to the owner of the animal, as determined by the manifest or shipping order accompanying the animal.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1368, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.146.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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