Tex.
Agric. Code Section 131.121
Disease and Pest Control
(a)
A person commits an offense if the person:(1)
violates a provision of Section 131.022 (Quarantines) or 131.023 (Sale of Queen Bee and Attendants, Package Bees, Colonies, and Nuclei);(2)
fails to report reportable diseases or reportable pests in accordance with Section 131.025 (Reportable Diseases and Pests);(3)
ships or causes bees or equipment to be shipped into this state without the permit required by Section 131.041 (Permit for Interstate Movement);(4)
violates a rule, order, or quarantine of the chief apiary inspector adopted under this chapter;(5)
prevents or attempts to prevent an inspection of bees, equipment, pollen, or honey under the direction of the inspector under this chapter;(6)
prevents or attempts to prevent the discovery or treatment of bees with reportable diseases or reportable pests;(7)
interferes with or attempts to interfere with the inspector in the discharge of the duties under this chapter;(8)
as the owner or keeper of a colony of bees that has a reportable disease or contains a reportable pest, barters, gives away, sells, ships, or moves the bees, equipment, pollen, or honey or exposes other bees to the reportable disease or reportable pest; or(9)
exposes honey, pollen, hives, frames, combs, bees, or appliances from a colony of bees known to have a reportable disease or contain a reportable pest in a manner that provides access to other bees.(b)
An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.(c)
All fines collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury.
Source:
Section 131.121 — Disease and Pest Control, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.131.htm#131.121 (accessed May 18, 2024).
