Tex. Agric. Code § 164.083 · Subchapter E. REMEDIES AND PENALTIES
FAILURE TO TREAT FOR SCABIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) owns, controls, or cares for cattle or sheep infected with scabies or cattle or sheep that have been exposed to scabies infection within six months prior to the date of an order to treat under Section 164.021; and
(2) fails or refuses to treat the sheep or cattle at the time and in the manner provided by the order of the commission.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
(c) A person commits a separate offense for each day of failure or refusal.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1426, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 45, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (S.B. 705), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (S.B. 705), Sec. 33, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.164.htm
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