Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 165.003 - Sale or Distribution of Unattenuated Classical Swine Fever Virus(a) A person may not sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or give away unattenuated classical swine fever virus.(b) This section does not prohibit:(1) acquisition, propagation, manufacture, or use of unattenuated classical swine fever virus by, and on the licensed premises of, a firm operating under a United States veterinary license issued by the secretary of agriculture of the United States;(2) manufacture of unattenuated classical swine fever virus by a firm operating under a United States veterinary license for the sale or distribution in states in which use of attenuated classical swine fever virus is permitted; or(3) keeping vaccine on hand for purely experimental or research activities by a recognized college, university, school, or laboratory engaged in research activities.(c) In this section, "unattenuated classical swine fever virus" means a classical swine fever virus that has not been modified or inactivated.Tex. Agric. Code § 165.003
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 623,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2021. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1428, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1981.