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The commission may regulate livestock movement out of stockyards or railway shipping pens and may require treatment or certification when needed to protect against communicable diseases.
The facility owner or person in charge must notify the commission within 24 hours if an animal is refused export or entry, the commission may require testing or treatment of animals at the facility, and moving an animal in violation of a rule is an offense.
The commission may hire personnel, including veterinarians and clerical staff, when needed for administering the chapter or other commission duties.
The commission may adopt rules needed to administer and enforce this chapter.
Certain commission-employed officials may enter property, and a magistrate must issue a search warrant if they want a peace officer to accompany them.
An agent of the commission may stop and inspect certain animal shipments, and the commission may detain violating shipments and take related inspection measures.
The commission may require certain animal dealers to keep records, inspect and copy those records, and set the record form and content by rule.
The commission may obtain injunctive relief to stop or fix violations, and the attorney general must file suit for that relief when the commission requests it.
The commission and the Department of Public Safety must adopt and keep updated a joint memorandum of understanding on how officers and commission staff will coordinate enforcement-related checks, reporting, assistance, and notifications.
The commission and a county commissioners court may adopt a joint memorandum of understanding about sheriff checks, reporting, assistance, and notice procedures.
The commission may adopt a joint agreement with another state, but only if the governor approves it.
The commission may make a cooperative agreement with the department to use department-controlled livestock export pens for animal health purposes.
The commission may regulate animal movement, including feral swine, and the executive director may modify movement restrictions for hardship cases.
The commission may create an elk disease surveillance program by rule, and people moving elk in Texas must have the elk tested for specified diseases.
If the commission learns of a wildlife disease outbreak on a property, it must notify adjacent property owners and the Parks and Wildlife Department, but only for diseases the commission has designated as reportable.
The commission may make rules requiring certification for people who transport or dispose of inedible animal products.
The commission may require slaughter plants to collect and submit blood samples and other diagnostic specimens for disease testing, and it must set the collection, submission, and testing method by rule.
The commission may create and run an animal identification program, set related rules, and release or protect information collected under this section.
The commission may make rules for classifying areas in the state for disease control and may set different control measures for different classifications.
The commission may pay indemnity to owners of exposed or infected livestock or fowl, must give owners information about available indemnity funds, and may make rules and spend appropriated funds only for direct payment to owners.
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