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The department may make agreements for certain animal-processing services, and must enter any cooperative agreement initiated by the Texas Animal Health Commission under Section 161.053.
The department must collect fees or debts tied to processing exported or imported animals before the animals leave the department’s facilities.
The department may sell an animal at public auction if the owner leaves it in the processing facilities for more than 30 days.
The department must use reasonable care when handling and moving animals in its processing facilities.
This section defines “commission merchant” for this chapter as a livestock commission merchant or a livestock auction commission merchant.
This section says when a person is treated as a livestock commission merchant or livestock auction commission merchant under the chapter.
This section creates two exceptions from the chapter’s livestock auction merchant rules.
A commission merchant must remit consignment sale proceeds within 48 hours after the sale, or deposit them in a bank if the person requests it.
A commission merchant must deposit disputed livestock sale proceeds in a bank and promptly notify interested parties.
A person must file a bond before doing business as a commission merchant.
A bond filed under this chapter must be signed by a qualified surety company, made payable to the county judge as trustee for covered claimants, and include a condition that the commission merchant comply with the chapter and related livestock agreements. To terminate a bond, the terminating party must give at least 10
Commission merchants must keep a bond set by this section’s formula, with a minimum of $2,000.
Some commission merchants may be covered by a single bond if they work only for one person, and others may also be covered by one bond if it is large enough.
The county judge must examine each commission merchant bond and approve it only if it meets this subchapter’s requirements.
The county judge must file each commission merchant’s bond with the county clerk, and the county clerk must record and file the bond and related statement properly.
A commission merchant must ask for a certified copy of the bond soon after the bond is recorded, and must post the copy in a conspicuous place in the main office of the principal place of business.
People harmed by a bond breach may sue on the bond, and the suit must be filed in the county where the bond is filed.
If the county judge finds a surety on a bond is insolvent or unable to make the bond sufficient, the judge must notify the commission merchant, and the merchant must file a new bond.
Livestock auction commission merchants must keep records of livestock sold at auction and file quarterly reports with the county commissioners court. Those records may be inspected by any citizen of the state.
Livestock auction commission merchants must keep transport records, give a copy to the driver for outbound transport, retain the records, and make them available for public inspection; drivers must carry and show the record when asked by a peace officer.
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