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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Unless a person first obtains a permit or a certificate from an authorized inspector, the person may not move animals in a quarantined area:
(1) from land owned, leased, or occupied by one person into or through any other land owned, leased, or occupied by another person; or
(2) onto any open range, public street, public road, or thoroughfare.
(b) Unless the person first obtains a permit or a certificate from an authorized inspector, the owner or caretaker of animals in a quarantined area may not move the animals, or permit the animals to be moved, from an enclosure owned, leased, or occupied by that person, from any open range, street, road, or thoroughfare, or from any land that the person does not own or control, into any other enclosure or other land owned, cared for, or controlled by that person, if:
(1) the animals are subject to treatment under this chapter and the land or enclosure to which the animals are moved:
(A) is classified in the records of the county supervising inspector as being free from ticks; or
(B) has been released from quarantine by the commission; or
(2) the animals are subject to treatment but are not being treated under this chapter in the conduct of regular systematic tick eradication by the commission and the land or enclosure to which the animals are moved is owned or controlled by that person and:
(A) tick eradication work is being conducted there; or
(B) the land or enclosure is vacated under the direction of the commission for the purpose of tick eradication.
(c) The owner or caretaker of animals located in a quarantined area may move animals, or permit animals to be moved, to and from treatment facilities for the purpose of treating the animals on a regular treatment date at the treatment facility to which the animals are to be moved or on another date designated by the inspector in charge of the treatment facility. The movement of animals under this subsection must be in accordance with the rules of the commission. Any other movement is considered to be in violation of the quarantine.
(d) In this section, “other land” means land that is separated from the land from which movement is made by a fence, dividing line, or the land of another person.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Agriculture Code - AGRIC § 167.024. Movement In or From Quarantined Area - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/agriculture-code/agric-sect-167-024/
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