Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts - Fiscal 2025
Revenue Object 3420 – Livestock Export/Import Processing Fees

The Department of Agriculture may receive and hold livestock or other animals transported in international trade, and collect reasonable fees for yardage, maintenance, feed, medical care, and other necessary expenses incurred in processing (146.021).

The Animal Health Commission may regulate the movement, including by railroad or common carrier, of livestock, domestic animals or domestic fowl into this state from another state, territory or country. The commission may provide for issue of a certificate of veterinary inspection to a person transporting livestock, exotic livestock, domestic or exotic fowl and shall charge a fee for each certificate (161.081 and 161.0601).

A seller, distributor or transporter of live domestic or exotic fowl shall register and pay a fee in amounts necessary to recover administration costs of the commission (161.0411).

The commission may charge a fee for an inspection made by the commission (161.060(a)).

The commission by rule may set and collect a fee for any service they provide, including inspection, testing, obtaining samples from animals, disease prevention, transport, and others. These provisions are set to expire September 1, 2015 (161.060(b)).

An administrative penalty may be assessed for violations up to $5,000 per violation (collected under revenue object 3770) (161.148).

Fees are due to the Department of Agriculture prior to the removal of livestock from departmental processing facilities. Domestic/exotic fowl registration fee - Annually. The remaining - as determined by the Animal Health Commission.

H.B. 1593, 69th Leg., R.S. added 25 cent per certificate fee for inspections of livestock into the state. H.B. 1363, 79th Leg., R.S. repealed this fee.

H.B. 2245, 74th Leg., R.S. added administrative penalty.

H.B. 2328, 78th Leg., R.S. added annual registration fee of domestic and exotic fowl.

H.B. 3442, 78th Leg., R.S. added authority for commission to charge a fee for any inspection.

H.B. 1363, 79th Leg., R.S. repealed the 25 cent per certificate fee for inspections of livestock into the state and replaced with a fee set by commission rule.

H.B. 1361, 79th Leg., R.S. added an animal registration program fee (161.056). This fee was removed by H.B. 2311, 83rd Leg., R.S.

H.B. 1992, 82nd Leg., R.S. added authority for the commission to collect a fee for any services they provide. Set to expire 9/1/2015.

H.B. 2311, 83rd Leg., R.S. removed animal registration program fee.

H.B. 3856, 87th Leg., R.S. increased penalty from $1,000 to $5,000.