Title AG, Agriculture Code

Sec. 164.005. ENTRY POWER. (a) An inspector is entitled to enter any public or private place where cattle or sheep are kept or ranged for the purpose of: (1) ascertaining the presence of scabies infection; (2) ascertaining any exposure to scabies; or (3) inspecting, classifying, …

Sec. 164.006. ACTIONS OF COMMISSION. The presiding officer of the commission may perform any act or duty of the commission under this chapter. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1421, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1995…

Sec. 164.021. TREATMENT REQUIRED ON ORDER OF COMMISSION. (a) The commission by written order may direct a person who owns, controls, or cares for cattle or sheep that are scabies-infected or are exposed to scabies, to treat any or all of those animals for the purpose of destroyin…

Sec. 164.022. HEARING. (a) Not later than the fifth day following the day on which a person receives an order to treat cattle or sheep, the person may file with the commission or the presiding officer of the commission a written affidavit that: (1) denies that the animals are sub…

Sec. 164.023. METHOD OF TREATMENT. The commission by rule shall prescribe the methods of treatment available for the treatment of scabies under this chapter. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1422, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (S.B. …

Sec. 164.028. TREATMENT AT EXPENSE OF COUNTY. If a person ordered to treat cattle or sheep under this chapter fails or refuses to treat the animals, the county commissioners court shall: (1) provide the necessary equipment and facilities for the treatment of the animals; (2) have…

Sec. 164.041. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) The commission may establish a quarantine against all or the portion of a state, territory, or country in which the commission determines scabies exists. A quarantine established under this section is governed by Chapter 161, except that only a sc…

Sec. 164.042. NOTICE. The commission shall give notice of a quarantine established under Section 164.041(b) of this code in one of the following manners: (1) by posting written notice of the quarantine at the courthouse door of the county in which the quarantine is established an…

Sec. 164.043. EFFECT OF QUARANTINE. If a county or area is quarantined under Section 164.041(b) of this code, all premises within the county or area and all cattle and sheep within the county or area are quarantined even though not separately designated. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. …

Sec. 164.044. MOVEMENT FROM QUARANTINED PREMISES; MOVEMENT OF QUARANTINED ANIMALS. (a) A person may not move or permit to be moved cattle or sheep that are under quarantine for scabies infection or exposure or that are on premises quarantined for scabies infection or exposure unl…

Sec. 164.045. DISINFECTION OF SHEARING PLANT IN QUARANTINED AREA. (a) If scabies-infected sheep located on premise quarantined for sheep scabies infection are shorn by an itinerant shearing plant or crew, the person owning, controlling, or having charge of the plant or crew shall…

Sec. 164.046. DISINFECTION OF QUARANTINED PREMISES. (a) In accordance with this section, the owner, lessee, or person in charge of premises quarantined for sheep scabies shall cleanse and disinfect all places in which infected or exposed sheep have been closely confined, includin…

Sec. 164.062. CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. (a) A person may not import sheep into this state unless the shipment is accompanied by a certificate certifying that: (1) the sheep are free from scabies infection and exposure; or (2) the sheep have been treated by a method recognized by the …

Sec. 164.063. QUARANTINE OF IMPORTED SHEEP. If the certificate for a shipment of sheep shows that the sheep were treated at the point of origin in accordance with Section 164.062(a)(2), the sheep shall be quarantined at the range on which the sheep are placed in this state for a …

Sec. 164.064. DESIGNATION OF INFECTED OR FREE AREAS; TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS. The commission may adopt rules designating areas as infected or free from infection and shall establish treatment requirements for the importation of sheep into this state. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1426,…

Sec. 164.065. EXHIBITIONS. The commission shall provide an importer of show sheep a reasonable length of time, not to exceed 60 days after the date of importation, in which to display the sheep at county fairs or livestock exhibitions. The importer shall keep the sheep separate f…

Sec. 164.082. CIVIL SUITS TO RECOVER PENALTY FOR CORPORATE OFFENSE. If the person who commits an offense under this subchapter is a corporation, the county attorney of the county in which the offense occurred shall sue that person in a court of competent jurisdiction on behalf of…

Sec. 164.083. FAILURE TO TREAT FOR SCABIES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) owns, controls, or cares for cattle or sheep infected with scabies or cattle or sheep that have been exposed to scabies infection within six months prior to the date of an order to trea…

Sec. 164.084. MOVEMENT OF INFECTED, EXPOSED, OR QUARANTINED ANIMALS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) moves cattle or sheep in violation of Section 164.044(a) of this code; or (2) moves or permits to be moved along or across a public highway or railroad, or on o…

Sec. 164.085. REFUSAL TO PERMIT ENTRY OR GATHER ANIMALS FOR INSPECTION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) refuses to permit an inspector to enter any premises of which the person is the owner, tenant, or caretaker for the purpose of inspecting, classifying, or tr…

Sec. 164.086. FAILURE TO DISINFECT SHEARING PLANT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person fails or refuses to disinfect all or part of a shearing plant, or the wearing apparel of each person shearing the sheep or handling or packing the wool, in accordance with Section 164…

Sec. 164.087. FAILURE TO PROPERLY DISINFECT QUARANTINED PREMISES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a provision of Section 164.046 of this code. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1427, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. S…

Sec. 164.088. IMPORTATION OF SHEEP WITHOUT CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person imports sheep into this state in violation of Subchapter D of this chapter. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor for each head of sheep imported i…