Sec. 148.029. FEE FOR HORSES SOLD TO SLAUGHTERER. (a) A slaughterer shall pay the following fees for each horse purchased for slaughter:
(1) $2 to the Texas Agricultural Extension Service; and
(2) $3 to the department, agency, or association authorized and designated by the secretary of agriculture of the United States to inspect livestock in Texas under 7 U.S.C. Section 217a.
(b) The slaughterer shall remit the fees required by Subsection (a) on a weekly basis.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 780, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products
Chapter 148 - Slaughtering of Livestock
Subchapter C. Payment for Livestock Purchased for Slaughter
Section 148.021. Meat Processor
Section 148.022. Time and Method of Payment for Purchases
Section 148.023. Agreement on Time and Method of Payment
Section 148.024. Delay in Collection of Payment Instruments
Section 148.027. Commingling of Livestock Under Lien
Section 148.028. Priority of Lien
Section 148.029. Fee for Horses Sold to Slaughterer
Section 148.030. Inspection of Horses Sold Through Certain Slaughterhouses