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A person may be treated as the caretaker of an animal and presumed to control it if they own or lease the animal’s pen or pasture and control that place, exercise care or control over the animal, or have recorded a mark or brand for the animal under Chapter 144.
County commissioners courts must help the commission protect livestock and other domestic animals from communicable diseases, and they may hire a veterinarian at county expense.
Owners, caretakers, or land controllers must dispose of diseased livestock carcasses as the commission requires.
The commission may let the executive director or another employee sign written instruments for it.
If a shipment needs a certificate or permit, the document must travel with the shipment, with different handling for rail and non-rail movement.
If a commission veterinarian finds a communicable disease or exposure among certain animals or premises, the exposure or infection is treated as continuing until the commission says it has been eradicated under its rules.
Money paid to the commission under this chapter is subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 404, Government Code.
Information held by the commission is confidential if it concerns certain biosecurity-related plans or voluntary biosecurity data, but the commission may release it in listed situations.
This section sets how the commission is made up, how appointments should be balanced across state regions, and who cannot serve as a public member.
Commission members cannot participate in meetings until they complete the required training program.
The governor must appoint a commission member to serve as the commission’s presiding officer.
The governor must fill vacancies by appointment for the unexpired term.
Each commissioner is entitled to reasonable travel expenses and a per diem, if the expenses were incurred while performing official duties.
The Texas Animal Health Commission is subject to the Texas Sunset Act and is set to be abolished on September 1, 2035 unless it is continued under that law.
This section bars certain people from being on the commission, working for the commission, or serving as its general counsel.
This section lists grounds for removing a commission member and requires notice to be given if a potential removal ground is known.
The commission must adopt and carry out policies that clearly separate its policy-making role from the management roles of the executive director and staff.
The executive director must hold a degree in veterinary medicine.
This section requires the commission's executive director or designee to set up a career ladder program, post positions internally at the same time as public posting, and maintain annual performance evaluations and an equal employment policy.
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