Tex. Agric. Code § 167.135 · Subchapter F. PENALTIES
FAILURE TO POSSESS OR EXHIBIT PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person is in charge of animals for which a certificate or permit is required or is in charge of the conveyance transporting that animal and the person fails to possess or exhibit the certificate or permit in the manner provided by Section 167.027.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor for each animal moved or conveyed without a certificate or permit as required by Subsection (a) unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1452, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 60, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 548, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 1807), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 773 (S.B. 1095), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2013.
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