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• <br />Sec. 826.017. DESIGNATION OF LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY. (a) The <br />commissioners court of each county and the governing body of each municipality <br />shall designate an officer to act as the local health authority for the <br />purposes of this chapter. <br />(b) Except as restricted by board rule, the officer designated as local <br />health authority may be the county health ofr"icer, municipal health officers <br />animal control officer, peace officer, or any entity that the commissioners <br />court or governing body considers appropriate. <br />(c) Among other duties, the local health authority shad enforce: <br />(1) this chapter and the board rules that comprise the minimum <br />standards for rabies control; <br />(2) the ordinances or rules of the municipality or county that <br />the local health authority serves; and <br />(3) the rules adopted by the board under the area .rabies <br />quarantine provisions of Section 826.045. (V.A.C.S. Art. 4477-6a,'Secs. <br />2.02(c)s 3.02.) <br />