Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.014

This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.014, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.

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§ 12.014. NOTICE OF WILDLIFE DISEASE OUTBREAK.

Official statutory text

(a) Notwithstanding any law restricting the disclosure of information by the department and subject to Subsection (b), if the department becomes aware of a wildlife disease outbreak on a property, the department shall provide notice of the location and nature of the outbreak to:

(1) each owner of adjacent property; and

(2) the Texas Animal Health Commission.

(b) Subsection (a) applies only to a disease that the Texas Animal Health Commission has designated as reportable.

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