Tex. Agric. Code § 163.083 · Subchapter F. PENALTIES
REFUSAL OF ENTRY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person refuses to permit a representative of the commission to enter property or premises of which the person is the owner, tenant, or caretaker for the purposes of carrying out a provision of this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
(c) A person commits a separate offense for each day of refusal.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1418, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 23, ch. 3, Sec. 12, eff. June 27, 1983; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 548, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.163.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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