United States — Texas
Agriculture Code § 161.0311
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The commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations, and must report their source and amount to the legislature each year by December 31.
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The commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations, and must report their source and amount to the legislature each year by December 31.
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The commission must maintain a complaint-handling system and keep complaint information, publish its investigation-and-resolution procedures, and update complaint parties on status until final disposition unless that would jeopardize an investigation.
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The commission must adopt a policy that uses appropriate technology to improve its functions and lets the public interact with it on the Internet.
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The commission must post complaint-procedure information on its website and explain how complaints are filed and which complaints it can resolve.
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The commission must make its meetings publicly accessible and post audio archives online.
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The commission may create advisory committees by rule and must adopt rules governing their operation.
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The commission must follow federal and state accessibility laws, and the executive director must keep a written plan for giving people who do not speak English reasonable access to the commission’s programs and services.
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The commission must periodically review its services, including laboratory services also available in the private sector, to find the most cost-effective way to deliver them.
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The commission must periodically analyze violations and compliance information and share it statewide and regionally.
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The commission must follow the administrative procedure law in Chapter 2001 of the Government Code.
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The commission must adopt and share agencywide compliance policies and internal operating procedures.
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The commission must create and carry out a policy encouraging negotiated rulemaking and alternative dispute resolution, follow applicable state model guidelines for dispute resolution procedures as closely as possible, and designate a trained person to coordinate, support training, and collect effectiveness data.
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The commission must protect certain livestock and fowl from diseases, adopt and update disease lists by rule, and may act to control or eradicate diseases and related transmission agents.
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Sellers, distributors, and transporters of live domestic or exotic fowl in this state must register with the commission, and the commission can exempt certain disease-surveillance participants.
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The commission may require registration of feral swine holding facilities, and a person confining feral swine in such a facility may be required to register with the commission.
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The commission can order slaughter or disposal of certain livestock or fowl exposed to or infected with specified diseases, and it must promptly send a copy of some orders to legislative oversight committees.
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The commission may prepare for, respond to, and help recover from certain animal-related disaster events, and may assist with local emergency management planning.
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A person, including a veterinarian, must be authorized by the commission before doing disease-control or eradication work for animals.
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The commission may control the sale and distribution of veterinary biologics, but not rabies vaccine.
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The commission may control how livestock, domestic animals, and domestic fowl enter exhibitions, shows, and fairs, and may require treatment or certification when reasonably needed to guard against communicable diseases.