Disease and Pest Control

Sec. 131.121. DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) violates a provision of Section 131.022 or 131.023; (2) fails to report reportable diseases or reportable pests in accordance with Section 131.025; (3) ships or causes bees or equipment to be shipped into this state without the permit required by Section 131.041; (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. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1884, ch. 350, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 418, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by: Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (H.B. 4538), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (H.B. 4538), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2023.