Tex. Agric. Code § 161.052 · Subchapter C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON COOPERATION WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission and the commissioners court of a county by rule may adopt a joint memorandum of understanding that includes provisions under which the sheriff of that county or the sheriff's deputies are to check for health papers and permits when a livestock vehicle is stopped for other reasons in the regular course of the sheriff's or the deputies' duties. The memorandum shall require:
(1) commission staff to provide information to the sheriff and the deputies regarding health papers and permits;
(2) the sheriff and the deputies to report potential problems to the commission;
(3) commission staff to investigate possible violations reported by the sheriff or the deputies;
(4) the sheriff or deputies to provide assistance when requested by the commission; and
(5) commission personnel to notify the sheriff, when appropriate, of commission roadblocks located in the county or special or night operations planned for the county.
(b) The commission and each commissioners court with which the commission adopted a memorandum of understanding shall review and update the memorandum not later than the last month of each state fiscal year.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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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