Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.0603
LABORATORY TESTING
Texas · Texas Agriculture Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.0603, LABORATORY TESTING, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/628292
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(a) The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is the state's regulatory animal health laboratory.
(b) This section does not prevent the commission from:
(1) using a laboratory other than the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory for a test as needed; or
(2) collecting specimens and performing field tests to diagnose animal diseases.
(c) The commission and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to:
(1) establish the laboratory services to be performed by the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory;
(2) provide reporting requirements for the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory on all test requests received from the commission; and
(3) set fees associated with laboratory services performed for the commission in amounts sufficient to recover the costs of those services.
(d) The commission and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall annually review the memorandum of understanding under Subsection (c).