Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 508.004
Criminal Penalty

A person commits an offense if the person knowingly fails or refuses to obey an order or instruction of the commissioner of state health services or a health authority issued under this chapter and published during an area quarantine under this section. An offense under this subsection is a felony of the third degree.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1330, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 508.004 — Criminal Penalty, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­508.­htm#508.­004 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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