Texas Agriculture Code
§ 148.011 — RECORD OF PURCHASE AND SLAUGHTER
AG § 148.011Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS · Part B. LIVESTOCK · Ch. 148. SLAUGHTERING OF LIVESTOCK · Art. B. RECORDS AND REPORTS
Statute text
View on source(a)In accordance with this section, a slaughterer shall keep a record of all livestock purchased or slaughtered. Both the slaughterer and the person managing the slaughtering operations are responsible for maintaining records under this section. A person who owns or operates a locker plant and leases, rents, or furnishes space to others in that plant for profit shall keep records in accordance with this section as if that person were a slaughterer.
(b)Each slaughterer shall record in a bound volume:
(1)a description of the livestock by kind, color, sex, probable age, any marks and brands, and the location of any marks and brands;
(2)the name and address of the person from whom the livestock was purchased or acquired or for whom the livestock was slaughtered;
(3)if the livestock is delivered to the slaughterer by someone other than the slaughterer or the slaughterer's agent, the name and address of the individual delivering the livestock and the make, model, and license plate number of the vehicle in which the livestock was delivered; and
(4)the date of delivery of the livestock to the slaughterer.
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Legislative history
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1385, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 780, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 604, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.