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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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AGRICULTURE CODE |
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Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS |
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Subtitle C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS |
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Chapter 161. GENERAL DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL |
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Subchapter C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION |
Sec. 161.0412. REGULATION AND REGISTRATION OF FERAL SWINE HOLDING FACILITIES
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(a) The commission may, for disease control purposes, require the registration of feral swine holding facilities.
(b) To prevent the spread of disease, the commission may require a person to register with the commission if the person confines feral swine in a holding facility for slaughter, sale, exhibition, hunting, or any other purpose specified by commission rule.
(c) Rules adopted under this section shall include registration requirements, provisions for the issuance, revocation, and renewal of a registration, disease testing, inspections, recordkeeping, construction standards, location limitations, and provisions relating to the treatment of swine in and movement of swine to or from a feral swine holding facility.
(d) Rules authorized by this section may be adopted only for disease-control purposes.