Tex. Agric. Code § 161.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
COMMISSION WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may authorize the executive director or another employee to sign written instruments on behalf of the commission. A written instrument, including a quarantine or written notice, signed under that authority has the same force and effect as if signed by the entire commission.
(b) Any written instrument issued by the commission is admissible as evidence in court if certified by the presiding officer or the executive director.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1394, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 24, ch. 3, Sec. 17, eff. June 27, 1983; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.161.htm
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