Tex. Agric. Code § 161.057 · Subchapter C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION
CLASSIFICATION OF AREAS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission by rule may prescribe criteria for classifying areas in the state for disease control. The criteria must be based on sound epidemiological principles. The commission may prescribe different control measures and procedures for areas with different classifications.
(b) The commission by rule may designate as a particular classification an area consisting of one or more counties.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 31, Sec. 1, eff. April 27, 1995. Renumbered from Sec. 161.053 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.01(2), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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.161.htm
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- 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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