Texas Agriculture Code

§ 161.150 — FAILURE TO REGISTER FERAL SWINE HOLDING FACILITIES; HOLDING OF FERAL SWINE

AG § 161.150Title 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 commits an offense if the person recklessly:

(1)maintains a feral swine holding facility that is not registered under Section 161.0412; or

(2)as the owner or person in charge of a holding facility that is not registered under Section 161.0412, holds or permits another to hold a feral swine in the holding facility.

(b)Each feral swine held or permitted to be held in violation of Subsection (a)(2) constitutes a separate offense.

(c)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.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1242 (H.B. 2543), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2007.