Texas Penal Code
§ 42.09 — CRUELTY TO LIVESTOCK ANIMALS
PE § 42.09Title 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY · Ch. 42. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly:
(1)tortures a livestock animal;
(2)fails unreasonably to provide necessary food, water, or care for a livestock animal in the person's custody;
(3)abandons unreasonably a livestock animal in the person's custody;
(4)transports or confines a livestock animal in a cruel and unusual manner;
(5)administers poison to a livestock animal, other than cattle, horses, sheep, swine, or goats, belonging to another without legal authority or the owner's effective consent;
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 2328), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.