Tex. Health and Safety Code § 826.054
SUITS TO ENJOIN OPERATION OF QUARANTINE OR IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 826.054, SUITS TO ENJOIN OPERATION OF QUARANTINE OR IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/676454
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(a) At the request of the commissioner, the attorney general may bring suit in the name of the state to enjoin the operation of a quarantine or impoundment facility that fails to meet the minimum standards established by this chapter and department rules.
(b) The suit shall be brought in a district court in the county in which the facility is located.
(c) When a court issues an order to a facility to cease operation, the local rabies control authority shall remove all animals housed in the facility to a shelter approved by the department. The county or municipality within whose jurisdiction the facility is located shall pay the cost of relocating the animals to an approved shelter.