Tex. Health & Safety Code § 508.004 · Chapter 508. AREA QUARANTINE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OR TOXIC AGENT
CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
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 of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.508.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 cf07b9234c7da96ba8ccf7949ac903bca45d0db3c4a7f52b6b20bda5e4b1409d
- Composed by
- 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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