Tex. Agric. Code § 161.0603 · Subchapter C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION
LABORATORY TESTING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is the state's regulatory animal health laboratory.
(b) This section does not prevent the commission from:
(1) using a laboratory other than the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory for a test as needed; or
(2) collecting specimens and performing field tests to diagnose animal diseases.
(c) The commission and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to:
(1) establish the laboratory services to be performed by the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory;
(2) provide reporting requirements for the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory on all test requests received from the commission; and
(3) set fees associated with laboratory services performed for the commission in amounts sufficient to recover the costs of those services.
(d) The commission and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall annually review the memorandum of understanding under Subsection (c).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (S.B. 705), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2021.
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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