Texas Agriculture Code

§ 146.005 — PERMITS TO TRANSPORT ANIMALS

AG § 146.005Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS · Part B. LIVESTOCK · Ch. 146. SALE AND SHIPMENT OF LIVESTOCK · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)A person who drives a vehicle, including a truck or an automobile, containing livestock, domestic fowl, slaughtered livestock or domestic fowl, or butchered portions of livestock or domestic fowl on a highway, public street, or thoroughfare or on property owned or leased by a person other than the driver shall obtain a permit authorizing the movement.

(b)A permit must be signed by the owner or caretaker of the shipment or by the owner or person in control of the land from which the driver began movement. In addition, the permit must state the following information:

(1)the point of origin of the shipment, including the name of the ranch or other place;

(2)the point of destination of the shipment, including the name of the ranch, market center, packinghouse, or other place;

(3)the number of living animals, slaughtered animals, or butchered portions; and

(4)the description of the shipment, including the kind, breed, color, and marks and brands of living or slaughtered animals.

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Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1366, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.