Sec. 146.023. PAYMENT OF FEES AND DEBTS. The department shall collect fees or debts owed to the state or to a supplier of goods or services in connection with the processing of exported or imported animals prior to the removal of the animals from the department's facilities.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1368, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.