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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 4 - Professions Related to Animals
Chapter 801 - Veterinarians
Subchapter K. Other Penalties and Enforcement Provisions
Section 801.504. General Criminal Penalty

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TX Occ Code § 801.504 (2025)
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Sec. 801.504. GENERAL CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person, including an entity, commits an offense if the person violates this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) Venue for the prosecution of an offense under this section that consists of the violation of Section 801.251 is in a district court in Travis County or the county in which the offense occurred.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.421(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 971 (H.B. 1767), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.

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