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Agriculture Code § 161.061

The commission may set a quarantine for areas where a listed disease exists, and it may delegate that power to the executive director.

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Agriculture Code § 161.061

The commission may set a quarantine for areas where a listed disease exists, and it may delegate that power to the executive director.

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§ 161.061Agriculture Code § 161.061Amendment

The commission may set a quarantine for areas where a listed disease exists, and it may delegate that power to the executive director.

Sec. 161.061. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) The commission may establish a quarantine against all or the portion of a state, territory, or country in which a disease listed in rules adopted under Section 161.041 exists. (b) A quarantine established under Subsection (a) may extend to any affected area, including a county, district, pasture, lot, ranch, farm, field, range, thoroughfare, building, stable, or stockyard pen. (c) The commission may establish a quarantine to prohibit or regulate the movement of: (1) any article or animal that the commission designates to be a carrier of a disease listed in rules adopted under Section 161.041 or a potential carrier of one of those diseases, if movement is not otherwise regulated or prohibited; and (2) an animal into an affected area, including a county district, pasture, lot, ranch, farm, field, range, thoroughfare, building, stable, or stockyard pen. (d) The commission by rule may delegate its authority to establish a quarantine under this section to the executive director, who shall promptly notify the members of the commission when a quarantine is established. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1397, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 31, Sec. 2, eff. April 27, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (S.B. 705), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2021.
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