Tex. Health & Safety Code § 821.054 · Subchapter C. EUTHANASIA OF ANIMALS
REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF COMMERCIALLY COMPRESSED CARBON MONOXIDE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish:
(1) standards for a carbon monoxide chamber used to euthanize an animal to which Section 821.052(b) applies; and
(2) requirements and procedures for administering commercially compressed carbon monoxide to euthanize an animal to which Section 821.052(b) applies.
(b) A person administering commercially compressed carbon monoxide to euthanize an animal to which Section 821.052(b) applies:
(1) may use only a carbon monoxide chamber that meets the standards established by department rule; and
(2) may administer the commercially compressed carbon monoxide only in accordance with the requirements and procedures established by department rule.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 23 (S.B. 360), Sec. 3, eff. May 10, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.821.htm
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