Sec. 161.003.  DUTY OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.  (a)  The commissioners court of each county shall cooperate with and assist the commission in protecting livestock, domestic animals, and domestic fowl from communicable diseases, regardless of whether a particular disease exists in the county.
(b)  Each commissioners court may employ a veterinarian at the expense of the county.  Any veterinarian employed is subject to approval by the commission.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1393, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.