INVESTIGATION OF DISEASE FINDINGS; QUARANTINE.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 433.023.
in effect(a) The department may investigate a disease finding by a livestock inspector if the department determines that the investigation is in the best interest of public health.
(b) If a disease adverse to the public health is found under this chapter, the commissioner may quarantine the premises where an animal is located that is afflicted with any stage of a disease that may be transmitted to man or other animals. A quarantined animal may be removed from a quarantined area only on permission from and under supervision by the commissioner.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.