Tex. Agric. Code § 71.0082 · Subchapter A. INSPECTIONS; QUARANTINES; CONTROL AND ERADICATION ZONES
INSPECTIONS FOR CERTAIN PESTS AND DISEASES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In addition to vehicle inspections authorized under Section 71.0081, the department and the Texas Animal Health Commission, under the direction of the department, shall jointly conduct road station and interstate shipment inspections as feasible at strategic points throughout this state and as determined to be appropriate by the department and the Texas Animal Health Commission, taking into consideration the significance of plant and animal inspections in proactively protecting this state's borders.
(b) The department may enter into an agreement with a corporation or other private entity to provide goods or services for the establishment and operation of checkpoints or the performance of inspections under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1337 (S.B. 9), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2005.
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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.71.htm
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