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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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AGRICULTURE CODE |
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Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS |
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Subtitle A. BEES AND NONLIVESTOCK ANIMAL INDUSTRY |
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Chapter 131. BEES AND HONEY |
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Subchapter B. DISEASE CONTROL |
Sec. 131.022. QUARANTINES
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(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.