Tex. Agriculture Code § 143.103

This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 143.103, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.

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§ 143.103. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.

Official statutory text

A person whose vehicle strikes, kills, injures, or damages an unattended animal running at large on a highway is not liable for damages to the animal except as a finding of:

(1) gross negligence in the operation of the vehicle; or

(2) wilful intent to strike, kill, injure, or damage the animal.

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