Sec. 148.029.  FEE FOR HORSES SOLD TO SLAUGHTERER.  (a)  A slaughterer shall pay the following fees for each horse purchased for slaughter:
(1)  $2 to the Texas Agricultural Extension Service;  and
(2)  $3 to the department, agency, or association authorized and designated by the secretary of agriculture of the United States to inspect livestock in Texas under 7 U.S.C. Section 217a.
(b)  The slaughterer shall remit the fees required by Subsection (a) on a weekly basis.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 780, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.