Tex. Health & Safety Code § 433.023 · Subchapter B. INSPECTION AND OTHER REGULATION
INVESTIGATION OF DISEASE FINDINGS; QUARANTINE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may investigate a disease finding by a livestock inspector if the department determines that the investigation is in the best interest of public health.
(b) If a disease adverse to the public health is found under this chapter, the commissioner may quarantine the premises where an animal is located that is afflicted with any stage of a disease that may be transmitted to man or other animals. A quarantined animal may be removed from a quarantined area only on permission from and under supervision by the commissioner.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1032, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.433.htm
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