Sec. 131.022. QUARANTINES. (a) If the chief apiary inspector determines that the public welfare requires the establishment of a quarantine, the inspector may:
(1) declare a protective quarantine of a district, county, precinct, or other defined area in which a disease of bees or a deleterious exotic species of bees is not known to exist or in which the disease or exotic species is being eradicated in accordance with this subchapter; or
(2) declare a restrictive quarantine of a district, county, precinct, or other defined area in which a disease of bees or a deleterious exotic species of bees is located.
(b) A person may not move or ship bees, equipment, pollen, or honey into or out of an area quarantined under this section, except in accordance with rules adopted by the inspector.
Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1884, ch. 350, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 418, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products
Subtitle A - Bees and Nonlivestock Animal Industry
Section 131.021. Powers and Duties of Chief Apiary Inspector
Section 131.023. Sale of Queen Bee and Attendants, Package Bees, and Nuclei
Section 131.024. Seizure of Bees, Equipment, Pollen, or Honey