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TX Agric Code § 141.143 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 141 - Commercial Feed|Subchapter G. Penalties|Section 141.143. Distribution of Commercial Feed Without License, Labeling, or Payment of Inspection Fee

Sec. 141.143.  DISTRIBUTION OF COMMERCIAL FEED WITHOUT LICENSE, LABELING, OR PAYMENT OF INSPECTION FEE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person distributes, conspires to distribute, or causes another person to distribute commercial feed:(1)  in violation of Subchapter B of this chapter;(2)  that is not labeled in accordance with Subchapter C of this chapter;  or(3)  for which an inspection fee has not been paid in accordance with Subchapter D of this chapter.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under this subchapter, in which event it is a Class B misdemeanor.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1333, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1879, ch. 349, art. 2, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1983;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 314, Sec. 16, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
TX Agric Code § 141.144 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 141 - Commercial Feed|Subchapter G. Penalties|Section 141.144. Refusal of Inspection or Sampling

Sec. 141.144.  REFUSAL OF INSPECTION OR SAMPLING.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person refuses, conspires to refuse, or causes another person to refuse to permit entry, inspection, sampling, or the examination and copying of invoices or transportation records under Subchapter E of this chapter.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under this subchapter, in which event it is a Class B misdemeanor.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1333, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1879, ch. 349, art. 2, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.|
TX Agric Code § 141.145 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 141 - Commercial Feed|Subchapter G. Penalties|Section 141.145. Refusal to Pay Inspection Fee or Submit Records

Sec. 141.145.  REFUSAL TO PAY INSPECTION FEE OR SUBMIT RECORDS.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person refuses, conspires to refuse, or causes another person to refuse to make records available, furnish reports, permit the examination of records, or pay an inspection fee in accordance with Subchapter D of this chapter.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under this subchapter, in which event it is a Class B misdemeanor.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1333, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1879, ch. 349, art. 2, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.|
TX Agric Code § 141.146 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 141 - Commercial Feed|Subchapter G. Penalties|Section 141.146. Disposal of Feed Subject to a Stop-Sale Order

Sec. 141.146.  DISPOSAL OF FEED SUBJECT TO A STOP-SALE ORDER.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person disposes of feed subject to a stop-sale order in violation of Section 141.121 of this code.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under this subchapter, in which event it is a Class B misdemeanor.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1334, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1879, ch. 349, art. 2, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.|
TX Agric Code § 141.147 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 141 - Commercial Feed|Subchapter G. Penalties|Section 141.147. Distribution of Misbranded Feed

Sec. 141.147.  DISTRIBUTION OF MISBRANDED FEED.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person distributes, conspires to distribute, or causes another person to distribute commercial feed that:(1)  carries a false or misleading statement on, attached to, or accompanying the container;(2)  is not labeled in accordance with Subchapter C of this chapter;(3)  has a label that is false in any particular;(4)  has a container that is made, formed, or filled in a manner that is misleading;(5)  purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed for which a definition of identity and a minimum standard have been prescribed by rule, but does not conform to the definition and standard;  or(6)  makes a false or misleading statement concerning its agricultural value on the container or in any advertising matter accompanying or associated with it.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under this subchapter, in which event it is a Class B misdemeanor.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1334, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1879, ch. 349, art. 2, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.|
TX Agric Code § 141.148 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 141 - Commercial Feed|Subchapter G. Penalties|Section 141.148. Distribution of Adulterated Feed

Sec. 141.148.  DISTRIBUTION OF ADULTERATED FEED.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person distributes, conspires to distribute, or causes another person to distribute commercial feed:(1)  that is of a composition, quantity, or quality that is below or is different from that which it is represented to possess by its label;(2)  that is moldy, sour, heated, or otherwise damaged, because of which it is injurious to animals;(3)  from which an ingredient has been omitted or extracted in whole or in part;(4)  that is inferior or is damaged and the inferiority or damage has been concealed;(5)  to which a substance has been added or with which a substance has been mixed or packed so as to deceptively increase its bulk or weight, reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear better or of greater value than it is;(6)  that contains or bears a poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to animals under ordinary conditions of use;(7)  that contains a low-grade feeding material or filler but is not labeled in accordance with Section 141.054 of this code;(8)  that consists in whole or in part of a diseased, filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, unless the substance has been rendered harmless by sterilization or other effective process;  (9)  that is otherwise unfit for feeding to animals;  or(10)  that has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of the radiation was in conformity with a regulation or exemption in effect under 21 U.S.C. Section 348.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under this subchapter, in which event it is a Class B misdemeanor.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1334, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1879, ch. 349, art. 2, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1983;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 314, Sec. 17, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
TX Agric Code § 141.149 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 141 - Commercial Feed|Subchapter G. Penalties|Section 141.149. Rules; Penalty

Sec. 141.149.  RULES;  PENALTY.  (a)  The service shall adopt rules that conform to but are not more strict than current good manufacturing practices as established under 21 U.S.C. Section 360b for the use of drugs in the manufacture, processing, and packaging of commercial feed unless the service determines that those practices are not appropriate to conditions existing in this state.(b)  A person commits an offense if the person violates a rule adopted under Subsection (a).  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under this subchapter, in which event it is a Class B misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 314, Sec. 18, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
TX Agric Code § 143.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter A. Fencing of Cultivated Land|Section 143.001. Sufficient Fence Required

Sec. 143.001.  SUFFICIENT FENCE REQUIRED.  Except as provided by this chapter for an area in which a local option stock law has been adopted, each gardener or farmer shall make a sufficient fence around cleared land in cultivation that is at least five feet high and will prevent hogs from passing through.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1339, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 143.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter A. Fencing of Cultivated Land|Section 143.002. Gate

Sec. 143.002.  GATE.  A person may not build, join, or maintain around cleared land in cultivation more than three miles lineal measure of fence running the same general direction without a gate that is at least 10 feet wide and is unlocked.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1339, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 143.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter A. Fencing of Cultivated Land|Section 143.003. Cattle on County Road With Cattle Guard

Sec. 143.003.  CATTLE ON COUNTY ROAD WITH CATTLE GUARD.  Cattle on a county road are not considered to be running at large if the county road:(1)  separates two tracts of land under common ownership or lease; and(2)  contains a cattle guard constructed as authorized under Section 251.009, Transportation Code, that serves as part of the fencing of the two tracts.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 339 (S.B. 66), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Agric Code § 143.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter B. Local Option to Prevent Certain Animals From Running at Large|Section 143.021. Petition for Election

Sec. 143.021.  PETITION FOR ELECTION.  (a)  In accordance with this section, the freeholders of a county or an area within a county may petition the commissioners court to conduct an election for the purpose of determining if horses, mules, jacks, jennets, donkeys, hogs, sheep, or goats are to be permitted to run at large in the county or area.(b)  A petition for a countywide election must be signed by at least 50 freeholders.  Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c) of this section, a petition for an election in an area within a county must be signed by at least 20 freeholders.(c)  A petition for an election in an area may be signed by a majority of the freeholders in the area if the area has fewer than 50 freeholders and is between two areas of the county that have previously adopted this subchapter or is adjacent to another area, in that county or another county, that has adopted this subchapter.  If the petitioning area is adjacent to an area in another county, the freeholders shall petition the commissioners court of the county in which the petitioning area is located.(d)  The petition must:(1)  clearly state each class of animal that the petitioners seek to prohibit from running at large;  and(2)  describe the boundaries of the area in which the election is to be held, if the election is to be less than countywide.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1340, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 2.003, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Agric Code § 143.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter B. Local Option to Prevent Certain Animals From Running at Large|Section 143.022. Election Orders

Sec. 143.022.  ELECTION ORDERS.  (a)  After receiving a petition under this subchapter, the commissioners court at its next regular term shall order that an election be held throughout the county or in the petitioning area, as determined by the petition.  The order shall designate a date for the election that is not less than 30 days after the date of the order.(b)  Immediately after passage of a commissioners court order for an election, the county judge shall issue an order for the election that specifies:(1)  the petition and the action of the commissioners court;(2)  each class of animal that is not to be permitted to run at large;(3)  the territorial limits of the area to be affected;(4)  the date of the election;  and(5)  the location of the polls.(c)  The county judge shall give public notice of the election by publishing the order under Subsection (b) of this section in a newspaper published in the county.  If no newspaper is published in the county, a copy of the order shall be posted at the courthouse door and at a public place in each justice precinct for a countywide election or at three public places in the petitioning area for an election to be held in an area of the county.  Notice must be given for at least 30 days before the date of the election.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1341, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 143.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter B. Local Option to Prevent Certain Animals From Running at Large|Section 143.023. Election

Sec. 143.023.  ELECTION.  (a)  If the election is not countywide, the county judge at the time the election order is issued shall appoint election officers for the election.  In order to serve as an election officer, a person must be a freeholder of the county and a qualified voter.  The election officers may appoint their own clerks.(b)  If the election is countywide, it shall be held at the usual voting places in the election precincts.  If the election is not countywide, the county judge shall designate the particular places in the petitioning area at which the polls are to be open.(c)  In order to vote at an election, a person must be a freeholder and a qualified voter.(d)  Ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition, "Letting ______ run at large," with the blank space printed with the name of each animal designated in the election order.(e)  The election officers shall make returns to the county judge of all votes cast for each proposition not later than the 10th day after the day of the election.  The commissioners court shall open, tabulate, and count the returns in the manner provided for general elections in this state.  The county judge shall immediately issue a proclamation declaring the result and post the proclamation at the courthouse door.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1341, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 143.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter B. Local Option to Prevent Certain Animals From Running at Large|Section 143.024. Effect of Election; Adoption of Subchapter

Sec. 143.024.  EFFECT OF ELECTION;  ADOPTION OF SUBCHAPTER.  (a)  If a majority of the votes in an election are cast against the proposition, this subchapter is adopted and, after the 30th day following the date on which the proclamation of results is issued, a person may not permit any animal of the class mentioned in the proclamation to run at large in the county or area in which the election was held.(b)  Sections 143.028-143.034 of this code apply only in the county or area in which this subchapter has been adopted.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1341, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 143.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter B. Local Option to Prevent Certain Animals From Running at Large|Section 143.025. Subsequent Elections to Adopt Subchapter

Sec. 143.025.  SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS TO ADOPT SUBCHAPTER.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, if this subchapter is not adopted at an election, another election for that purpose may not be held in the county or area in which the election was held earlier than one year after the date of the election.(b)  Defeat of adoption of this subchapter at a countywide election does not prevent another election for that purpose from being held immediately thereafter for an area within the county.  Defeat of adoption of this subchapter at an election held in an area within a county does not prevent a countywide election for that purpose from being held immediately thereafter.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1342, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 143.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter B. Local Option to Prevent Certain Animals From Running at Large|Section 143.026. Repeal

Sec. 143.026.  REPEAL.  (a)  The freeholders of a county or an area in which this subchapter has been adopted may petition the commissioners court to conduct an election for repeal of that adoption.  The petition must be signed by a majority of the freeholders who are qualified voters in the county or area subject to this subchapter.(b)  An election under this section shall be ordered and conducted, the returns shall be made, and the results shall be declared in the same manner provided by this subchapter for an election to adopt this subchapter.(c)  An election under this section may not be held earlier than two years after the date of the last election under this subchapter in the applicable county or area.(d)  If at an election under this section a majority of the votes are cast for allowing the named animals to run at large, after the expiration of 180 days after the date of the proclamation of results a person may permit an animal of the class mentioned in the proclamation to run at large in the county or area in which the election was held.  If a majority of the votes are cast against letting the named animals run at large, the operation of this subchapter in the county or area is not affected.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1342, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 143.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter B. Local Option to Prevent Certain Animals From Running at Large|Section 143.027. Extension of Subchapter to Adjoining Area by Order

Sec. 143.027.  EXTENSION OF SUBCHAPTER TO ADJOINING AREA BY ORDER.  A commissioners court by order shall extend application of this subchapter to territory that is between two areas of the county that have adopted this subchapter or is adjacent to an area, in that county or in another county, that has adopted this subchapter if:(1)  there are fewer than 20 freeholders in the territory and a majority of the owners of the land in the territory petition the court to extend application of this subchapter to that area;(2)  there are no freeholders in the territory and the owners of the land petition the commissioners court to extend application of this subchapter to that territory;  or(3)  a person who owns land that is adjacent to land to which this subchapter has been extended petitions the court to extend application of this subchapter to that person's land.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1342, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 143.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter B. Local Option to Prevent Certain Animals From Running at Large|Section 143.028. Fences

Sec. 143.028.  FENCES.  (a)  A person is not required to fence against animals that are not permitted to run at large.  Except as otherwise provided by this section, a fence is sufficient for purposes of this chapter if it is sufficient to keep out ordinary livestock permitted to run at large.(b)  In order to be sufficient, a fence must be at least four feet high and comply with the following requirements:(1)  a barbed wire fence must consist of three wires on posts no more than 30 feet apart, with one or more stays between every two posts;(2)  a picket fence must consist of pickets that are not more than six inches apart;(3)  a board fence must consist of three boards not less than five inches wide and one inch thick;  and(4)  a rail fence must consist of four rails.(c)  The freeholders of the county or area may petition the commissioners court for an election to determine whether three barbed wires without a board are to constitute a sufficient fence in the county or area.  The election shall be conducted in the same manner and is governed by the same provisions of this subchapter provided for elections on the adoption of this subchapter.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1342, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 143.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter B. Local Option to Prevent Certain Animals From Running at Large|Section 143.033. Injury to Trespassing Animal

Sec. 143.033.  INJURY TO TRESPASSING ANIMAL. If a person whose fence is insufficient under this subchapter maims, wounds, or kills a head of cattle or a horse, mule, jack, jennet, sheep, or goat, or procures the maiming, wounding, or killing of one of those animals, by any means, including a gun or a dog, the person is liable to the owner of the animal for damages.  This section does not authorize a person to maim, wound, or kill any horse, mule, jack, jennet, sheep, goat, or head of cattle of another person.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1345, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 958 (H.B. 1819), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Agric Code § 143.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products|Subtitle B - Livestock|Chapter 143 - Fences; Range Restrictions|Subchapter B. Local Option to Prevent Certain Animals From Running at Large|Section 143.034. Penalty

Sec. 143.034.  PENALTY.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:(1)  turns out or causes to be turned out on land that does not belong to or is not under the control of the person an animal that is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter;(2)  fails or refuses to keep up an animal that is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter;(3)  allows an animal to trespass on the land of another in an area or county in which the animal is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter;  or(4)  as owner, agent, or person in control of the animal, permits an animal to run at large in an area or county in which the animal is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1345, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 51, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|