Sec. 1.003.  DEFINITIONS.  In this code:
(1)  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.
(2)  "Department" means the Department of Agriculture.
(3)  "Livestock" means cattle, horses, mules, asses, sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, exotic livestock, including elk and elk hybrids, and hogs, unless otherwise defined.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1015, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 604, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 3300), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 165 (H.B. 375), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.