Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.052
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.052, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 161.052. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON COOPERATION WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission and the commissioners court of a county by rule may adopt a joint memorandum of understanding that includes provisions under which the sheriff of that county or the sheriff's deputies are to check for health papers and permits when a livestock vehicle is stopped for other reasons in the regular course of the sheriff's or the deputies' duties. The memorandum shall require:
(1) commission staff to provide information to the sheriff and the deputies regarding health papers and permits;
(2) the sheriff and the deputies to report potential problems to the commission;
(3) commission staff to investigate possible violations reported by the sheriff or the deputies;
(4) the sheriff or deputies to provide assistance when requested by the commission; and
(5) commission personnel to notify the sheriff, when appropriate, of commission roadblocks located in the county or special or night operations planned for the county.
(b) The commission and each commissioners court with which the commission adopted a memorandum of understanding shall review and update the memorandum not later than the last month of each state fiscal year.
(1) commission staff to provide information to the sheriff and the deputies regarding health papers and permits;
(2) the sheriff and the deputies to report potential problems to the commission;
(3) commission staff to investigate possible violations reported by the sheriff or the deputies;
(4) the sheriff or deputies to provide assistance when requested by the commission; and
(5) commission personnel to notify the sheriff, when appropriate, of commission roadblocks located in the county or special or night operations planned for the county.
(b) The commission and each commissioners court with which the commission adopted a memorandum of understanding shall review and update the memorandum not later than the last month of each state fiscal year.
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