Section 161.061 - Establishment(a) The commission may establish a quarantine against all or the portion of a state, territory, or country in which a disease listed in rules adopted under Section 161.041 exists.(b) A quarantine established under Subsection (a) may extend to any affected area, including a county, district, pasture, lot, ranch, farm, field, range, thoroughfare, building, stable, or stockyard pen.(c) The commission may establish a quarantine to prohibit or regulate the movement of:(1) any article or animal that the commission designates to be a carrier of a disease listed in rules adopted under Section 161.041 or a potential carrier of one of those diseases, if movement is not otherwise regulated or prohibited; and(2) an animal into an affected area, including a county district, pasture, lot, ranch, farm, field, range, thoroughfare, building, stable, or stockyard pen.(d) The commission by rule may delegate its authority to establish a quarantine under this section to the executive director, who shall promptly notify the members of the commission when a quarantine is established.Tex. Agric. Code § 161.061
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 849,Sec. 11, eff. 9/1/2021.Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 19, eff. 9/1/1995.Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 31, Sec. 2, eff. 4/27/1995 Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1397, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1981.