Texas Agriculture Code

§ 161.0542 — NOTICE OF WILDLIFE DISEASE OUTBREAK

AG § 161.0542Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS · Part C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 161. GENERAL DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL · Art. C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION

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(a)Notwithstanding any law restricting the disclosure of information by the commission and subject to Subsection (b), if the commission becomes aware of a wildlife disease outbreak on a property, the commission shall provide notice of the location and nature of the outbreak to:

(1)each owner of adjacent property; and

(2)the Parks and Wildlife Department.

(b)Subsection (a) applies only to a disease that the commission has designated as reportable.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 247 (S.B. 811), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2023.