Tex. Agric. Code § 149.005 · Chapter 149. SALE OF HORSEMEAT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An offense under this chapter is punishable by:
(1) a fine of not more than $1,000;
(2) confinement in jail for not less than 30 days nor more than two years; or
(3) both the fine and confinement.
(b) A second or subsequent offense under this chapter is punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two years nor more than five years.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 2.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.005, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.149.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 e07676f051131ce0301bdac8002730ee1c4919c1c5cce76ef3d5585958355fcf
- Composed by
- 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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