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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 4 - Professions Related to Animals
Chapter 802 - Dog or Cat Breeders
Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commission and Department
Section 802.064. Reporting Animal Cruelty
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TX Occ Code § 802.064 (2025)
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Sec. 802.064. REPORTING ANIMAL CRUELTY. A person conducting an inspection under Section 802.062 or 802.103 or an investigation under Section 802.063 shall notify the appropriate local law enforcement agency not later than 24 hours after discovering evidence of animal cruelty or neglect during the inspection or investigation.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1284 (H.B. 1451), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.
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