Tex. Agric. Code § 165.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF UNATTENUATED CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or give away unattenuated classical swine fever virus.
(b) This section does not prohibit:
(1) acquisition, propagation, manufacture, or use of unattenuated classical swine fever virus by, and on the licensed premises of, a firm operating under a United States veterinary license issued by the secretary of agriculture of the United States;
(2) manufacture of unattenuated classical swine fever virus by a firm operating under a United States veterinary license for the sale or distribution in states in which use of attenuated classical swine fever virus is permitted; or
(3) keeping vaccine on hand for purely experimental or research activities by a recognized college, university, school, or laboratory engaged in research activities.
(c) In this section, "unattenuated classical swine fever virus" means a classical swine fever virus that has not been modified or inactivated.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1428, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 623 (S.B. 1997), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.165.htm
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