Texas Agriculture Code

§ 161.1405 — REFUSAL TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ANIMAL

AG § 161.1405Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS · Part C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 161. GENERAL DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL · Art. H. REMEDIES AND PENALTIES

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(a)A person who is the owner or caretaker of livestock, exotic livestock, fowl, or exotic fowl commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses to gather the animals for testing, identification, inspection, or another procedure required by commission rule.

(b)An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c)A person commits a separate offense on each day of refusal under Subsection (a) of this section.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 31, Sec. 3, eff. April 27, 1995.