Sec. 144.012. EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENT  


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  • (a) Unless the person also performs rendering operations or processes, this chapter does not apply to a person who:

    (1) slaughters, butchers, manufactures, or sells animal flesh or products only for use as food for human consumption;

    (2) transports or disposes of the bodies of animals killed for use as food for human consumption, or the products of those bodies, only for that purpose and use; or

    (3) is an individual and who disposes of the individual's own animal.

    (b) This chapter does not apply to a governmental agency that collects, transports, or disposes of dead animals or renderable raw materials.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 485, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.