Tex. Agric. Code § 167.023 · Subchapter B. QUARANTINES; REGULATION OF MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS AND COMMODITIES
QUARANTINE OF FREE AREA.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission by written order may establish a quarantine in the free area if necessary for the purpose of regulating the handling of animals and eradicating ticks or exposure to ticks in the free area or for the purpose of preventing the spread of tick infestation into the free area.
(b) The order of the commission establishing a quarantine in the free area shall designate the land or premises to be quarantined.
(c) The commission shall give notice of a quarantine established in the free area by:
(1) delivering notice to each owner or caretaker of animals in the area to be quarantined or to each owner or caretaker of land or premises in the area on which animals are located;
(2) posting written notice at the courthouse door of each county in which the area to be quarantined is located; or
(3) publishing notice in a newspaper published in each county in which the area to be quarantined is located.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1438, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 1807), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 773 (S.B. 1095), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.167.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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