Texas Agriculture Code
§ 161.056 — ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
AG § 161.056Title 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
Statute text
View on source(a)In order to provide for disease control and enhance the ability to trace disease-infected animals or animals that have been exposed to disease, the commission may develop and implement an animal identification program that is no more stringent than a federal animal disease traceability or other federal animal identification program.
(b)Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 181, Sec. 2, eff. May 25, 2013.
(c)The commission may adopt rules to require the use of official identification as part of the animal identification program under Subsection (a) for animal disease control or animal emergency management.
(d)The commission may by a two-thirds vote adopt rules to provide for an animal identification program more stringent than a program allowed by Subsection (a) only for control of a specific animal disease or for animal emergency management.
(e)Information collected by the commission under this section is exempt from the public disclosure requirements of Chapter 552, Government Code. The commission may provide information to another person, including a governmental entity, without altering the confidential status of the information. The commission may release information to:
(1)a person who owns or controls animals and seeks information regarding those animals, if the person requests the information in writing;
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1361), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 181 (H.B. 2311), Sec. 1, eff. May 25, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 181 (H.B. 2311), Sec. 2, eff. May 25, 2013.