Sec. 435.005.  INSPECTION OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS BY OTHER ENTITIES.  (a)  The department may contract with a county or municipality to act as the agent of the department to inspect milk and milk products and to perform other regulatory functions necessary to enforce this subchapter.
(b)  A municipality, county, or other political subdivision may test and inspect milk or milk products.  In the absence of a contract under Subsection (a), the municipality, county, or other political subdivision must pay the cost of the test or inspection.
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. 3.1080, eff. April 2, 2015.