Sec. 148.045.  PURCHASE OF SLAUGHTERED CATTLE WITHOUT HIDE OR EARS.  A slaughterer may not purchase cattle that have been slaughtered by another person if:
(1)  the slaughtered animal is not accompanied by the hide and ears;  or
(2)  the ear mark or brand on the hide accompanying a slaughtered animal has been changed, mutilated, or destroyed.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1389, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.