Tex. Agric. Code § 151.001 · Chapter 151. SALE OF BISON AND BUFFALO PRODUCTS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this chapter:
(1) "Bison" means:
(A) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae bison bison, commonly known as the North American prairie bison; or
(B) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae bison athabascae, commonly known as the Canadian woods bison.
(2) "Bison meat" means the meat or flesh of a bison.
(3) "Buffalo" means:
(A) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae bubalus bubalis, commonly known as the Asian Indian buffalo, water buffalo, or caraboa;
(B) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae syncerus caffer, commonly known as the African buffalo or Cape buffalo;
(C) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae anoa depressicornis, commonly known as the Celebes buffalo; or
(D) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae anoa mindorenis, commonly known as the Philippine buffalo or Mindoro buffalo.
(4) "Buffalo meat" means the meat or flesh of a buffalo.
(5) "Restaurant" means a public eating place where food is sold.
(6) "Retail store" means a retail food store as defined under Section 437.001, Health and Safety Code, butcher shop, delicatessen, or other place where fresh or cooked meat is sold at retail for consumption off premises.
(b) For the purposes of:
(1) Subdivision (1), Subsection (a), the term "bison" does not include a hybrid of an animal listed in that subdivision; and
(2) Subdivision (3), Subsection (a), the term "buffalo" does not include a hybrid of an animal listed in that subdivision.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 954, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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