Sec. 433.023.  INVESTIGATION OF DISEASE FINDINGS;  QUARANTINE.  (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.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1032, eff. April 2, 2015.