Sec. 826.054.  SUITS TO ENJOIN OPERATION OF QUARANTINE OR IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY.  (a)  At the request of the commissioner, the attorney general may bring suit in the name of the state to enjoin the operation of a quarantine or impoundment facility that fails to meet the minimum standards established by this chapter and department rules.
(b)  The suit shall be brought in a district court in the county in which the facility is located.
(c)  When a court issues an order to a facility to cease operation, the local rabies control authority shall remove all animals housed in the facility to a shelter approved by the department.  The county or municipality within whose jurisdiction the facility is located shall pay the cost of relocating the animals to an approved shelter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 44, Sec. 14, eff. May 5, 1995.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1623, eff. April 2, 2015.