Tex. Occ. Code § 2031.003 · Chapter 2031. TEXAS DERBIES
PRERACE EXAMINATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For each Texas Derby, the commission shall appoint a state veterinarian to conduct a prerace examination of each horse entered in the race to determine whether the horse:
(1) is healthy; and
(2) meets standards set by commission rule for racing.
(b) The examination may:
(1) be conducted at any time before the race; and
(2) include any procedure that the state veterinarian considers necessary to make the determination required by Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2031.htm
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- 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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