Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.083
MAINTENANCE OF TICK-FREE FACILITIES
Texas · Texas Agriculture Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.083, MAINTENANCE OF TICK-FREE FACILITIES, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/628457
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(a) A person who owns or operates and is in control of a stockyard designated under this subchapter shall maintain clean and tick-free facilities, including pens, alleys, and chutes, so that livestock certified by an inspector to be free from ticks or exposure to ticks may be received, yarded, weighed, and sold for intrastate purposes without being subject to exposure to ticks.
(b) In accordance with Subsection (a) of this section, the owner or operator shall maintain tick-free scales, entrances, exits, pens, and territory immediately surrounding the pens.
(c) The stockyard company, owner or operator, or other person in control of a stockyard may not discriminate between interstate and intrastate handling of livestock.