Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

The Honorable H. Q. Sibley Opinion No. H-867 Executive Director Texas Animal Health Commission He: Texas Animal Health 1020 Sam Houston State Office Commission authority in Building tick eradication "free Austin, Texas 78701 area" and related questions. Dear Doctor Sibley: you ask whether the Texas Animal Health Commission inspectors have authority to conduct fever tick inspections of cattle located in a "Free Area" of the state. The question is raised in the context of two particular situations: 1. Where a fever tick has been discovered on an animal in transit and the infected animal is…