Tex. Agric. Code § 153.004 · Chapter 153. PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION OF CATTLE THEFT
ASSESSMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Program rules must establish a per-head regulatory assessment in an amount necessary to reimburse the association for direct costs incurred under this chapter.
(b) In determining the amount of the assessment, the department shall consider:
(1) the amount of similar assessments or charges authorized by the laws of other states or the United States;
(2) the direct operating costs of the program; and
(3) the expertise required to operate the program.
(c) On request by the association, the department shall review the amount of the assessment and consider any necessary revision.
(d) Each livestock auction market shall collect the assessment and remit the amount collected to the association.
(e) Assessments collected under this section are not state funds and are not required to be deposited in the state treasury.
(f) A person who has possession, custody, or control of an assessment collected under this section and not remitted to the association before the 31st day after the date collected is subject to an administrative penalty in an amount provided by department rule.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 500 (H.B. 2817), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.153.htm
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