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Texas Agriculture Code - Section 161.1405. Refusal To Provide Access To Animal

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§ 161.1405. REFUSAL TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ANIMAL.  (a) A 
person who is the owner or caretaker of livestock, exotic 
livestock, fowl, or exotic fowl commits an offense if the person 
knowingly refuses to gather the animals for testing, 
identification, inspection, or another procedure required by 
commission rule.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor 
unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant 
has been previously convicted under this section, in which event 
the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
	(c)  A person commits a separate offense on each day of 
refusal under Subsection (a) of this section.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 31, § 3, eff. April 27, 1995.           

Last modified: August 11, 2007