Texas Statutes
Subchapter H. Remedies and Penalties
Section 161.142. Sale or Movement of Animal With Glanders

Sec. 161.142. SALE OR MOVEMENT OF ANIMAL WITH GLANDERS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) wilfully fails or refuses to place in secure confinement apart from all other livestock an animal of the horse or ass species that is diseased with glanders and is owned by that person or subject to that person's control;
(2) sells, trades, or offers to sell or trade an animal of the horse or ass species that the person knows or suspects to be diseased with glanders;
(3) drives, leads, or rides along or across a public highway an animal that the person knows is diseased with glanders; or
(4) permits an animal that the person knows is diseased with glanders to run at large on the open range.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
(c), (d) Deleted by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1406, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

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