Tennessee § 4-7-106 - Enforcement of animal disease laws.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 4-7-106 — Enforcement of animal disease laws., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-7-106. Enforcement of animal disease laws.
The Tennessee highway patrol is granted the further authority, and it is its duty, to enforce title 44, chapter 2, part 1, relative to the prevention of the spread of communicable diseases among domestic animals and protection to the livestock industry. The Tennessee highway patrol is granted the same authority and police power to enforce title 44, chapter 2 as is vested in the commissioner of agriculture and in the state veterinarian by title 44, chapter 2. Any fines assessed and collected under title 44, chapter 2, part 1 in arrests made by the Tennessee highway patrol shall be divided, one half (½) to the department of agriculture and one half (½) to the Tennessee highway patrol. Acts 1939, ch. 41, §§ 1, 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 11462; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-705.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 4-7-106 ("Enforcement of animal disease laws.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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