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Agriculture Code § 162.012

A person commits an offense if they move, sell, trade, barter, grant, or loan animals in violation of Section 162.006(b).

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Agriculture Code § 162.012

A person commits an offense if they move, sell, trade, barter, grant, or loan animals in violation of Section 162.006(b).

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§ 162.012Agriculture Code § 162.012Amendment

A person commits an offense if they move, sell, trade, barter, grant, or loan animals in violation of Section 162.006(b).

Sec. 162.012. PENALTY FOR MOVEMENT OR SALE OF QUARANTINED OR DISEASED CATTLE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person moves, sells, trades, barters, grants, or loans animals in violation of Section 162.006(b). (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor for each animal that was moved, sold, traded, bartered, granted, or loaned. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1411, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 522, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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