Tex. Agric. Code § 167.112 · Subchapter E. ENFORCEMENT
VENUE OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The owner, part owner, or caretaker of animals is subject to prosecution under this chapter in the county in which the animals and the premises are located, regardless of whether the defendant was in the county at the time of issuance and service of the order to treat, at the time of the failure to treat, or at the time of violation of the quarantine.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1451, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 1807), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 773 (S.B. 1095), Sec. 30, 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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- sha256 e973d953dcabb09b34d1c2e6c7ea382571709de830458631271d5bd89f0700c5
- Composed by
- 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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