Texas Agriculture Code

§ 163.084 — MOVEMENT OF CATTLE IN VIOLATION OF COMMISSION RULE

AG § 163.084Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS · Part C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 163. BRUCELLOSIS CONTROL · Art. F. PENALTIES

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(a)A person, including a railway or a common carrier, commits an offense if the person knowingly moves an animal in violation of a rule of the commission.

(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.

Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1418, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 23, ch. 3, Sec. 13, eff. June 27, 1983; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 548, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.