Texas Agriculture Code Title 6, Chapter 148 - Slaughtering Of Livestock

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 148.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "slaughterer" means a person engaged in the business of: (1) slaughtering livestock for profit; or (2) selling livestock, as a primary business,...
• Texas Section 148.002 - Slaughterer To Register
  (a) Before engaging in business as a slaughterer, a person must register with the county clerk, giving the person's name and intent to engage in...

SUBCHAPTER B RECORDS AND REPORTS

• Texas Section 148.003 - Slaughter Of Unbranded Or Unmarked Livestock; Slaughter Without Bill Of Sale
  (a) A slaughterer may not purchase or slaughter for market livestock that is unmarked or unbranded. (b) A slaughterer may not purchase and slaughter any...
• Texas Section 148.011 - Record Of Purchase And Slaughter
  (a) In accordance with this section, a slaughterer shall keep a record of all livestock purchased or slaughtered. Both the slaughterer and the person managing...

SUBCHAPTER C PAYMENT FOR LIVESTOCK PURCHASED FOR SLAUGHTER

• Texas Section 148.012 - Reports To County
  (a) At each regular meeting of the county commissioners court, each slaughterer shall make a sworn report relating to the animals slaughtered since the last...
• Texas Section 148.021 - Meat Processor
  A person is a meat processor subject to this subchapter if the person is engaged in the business of slaughtering cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs...
• Texas Section 148.022 - Time And Method Of Payment For Purchases
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section or by agreement, a meat processor, or any other person, who purchases cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs...
• Texas Section 148.023 - Agreement On Time And Method Of Payment
  (a) The purchaser and seller of cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs, or other expressly authorized agents, may agree in writing on a method of payment...
• Texas Section 148.024 - Delay In Collection Of Payment Instruments
  An instrument issued in payment for livestock under this subchapter shall be drawn on banks that are so located as not to artificially delay collection...
• Texas Section 148.025 - Damages
  A purchaser who fails to pay for livestock as provided by this subchapter or who artificially delays the collection of funds for the payment is...
• Texas Section 148.026 - Lien
  (a) To secure all or part of the sales price, a person who sells cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs for slaughter has a lien on...
• Texas Section 148.027 - Commingling Of Livestock Under Lien
  (a) If an animal, its carcass, or its products is under a lien and is commingled with other livestock, carcasses, or products so that the...
• Texas Section 148.028 - Priority Of Lien
  A lien under this subchapter has priority over any other lien or perfected security interest in the animal, its carcass, its products, or proceeds from...
• Texas Section 148.029 - Fee For Horses Sold To Slaughterer
  (a) A slaughterer shall pay the following fees for each horse purchased for slaughter: (1) $2 to the Texas Agricultural Extension Service; and (2) $3...

SUBCHAPTER D PROVISIONS APPLICABLE ONLY TO CERTAIN COUNTIES

• Texas Section 148.030 - Inspection Of Horses Sold Through Certain Slaughterhouses
  The department, agency, or association authorized to inspect livestock under 7 U.S.C. Section 217a shall inspect for identification purposes each horse held, handled, purchased, or...
• Texas Section 148.041 - Application Of Subchapter
  This subchapter does not apply to the following counties: Anderson, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Calhoun, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee,...
• Texas Section 148.042 - Slaughterer's Bond
  (a) Before engaging in business as a slaughterer of cattle, a person must file a bond with the clerk of the county court of the...
• Texas Section 148.043 - Records
  (a) A slaughterer of cattle shall keep a true and faithful record, in a book kept for that purpose, of all cattle purchased or slaughtered,...

SUBCHAPTER E PENALTIES

• Texas Section 148.045 - Purchase Of Slaughtered Cattle Without Hide Or Ears
  A slaughterer may not purchase cattle that have been slaughtered by another person if: (1) the slaughtered animal is not accompanied by the hide and...
• Texas Section 148.061 - Failure To Register
  (a) A person required by Section 148.002 of this code to register as a slaughterer commits an offense if the person fails to register. (b)...
• Texas Section 148.062 - Slaughter Of Unbranded Or Unmarked Livestock; Slaughter Without Bill Of Sale
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person slaughters unbranded or unmarked livestock, or purchases or slaughters an animal without receiving a bill of...
• Texas Section 148.063 - Failure To Keep Or Provide Records Of Purchase Or Slaughter
  (a) A person required to keep records of purchase or slaughter by Section 148.011 of this code commits an offense if the person violates that...
• Texas Section 148.064 - Failure To Report To County
  (a) A person required by Section 148.012(a) of this code to file reports on slaughtered animals with the county commits an offense if the person...
• Texas Section 148.065 - Failure To File Bond
  (a) A person required by Section 148.042 of this code to file a bond commits an offense if the person engages in business as a...
• Texas Section 148.066 - Failure To Keep Or Permit Inspection Of Records
  (a) A person required by Section 148.043 of this code to keep records commits an offense if the person: (1) fails to keep records as...
• Texas Section 148.069 - Purchase Of Slaughtered Cattle Without Hide Or Ears
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person purchases slaughtered cattle in violation of Section 148.045 of this code. (b) An offense under this...

Last modified: September 28, 2016