{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-131.022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 131.022","heading":"QUARANTINES.","body":"(a) If the chief apiary inspector determines that the public welfare or protection of the beekeeping industry requires the establishment of a quarantine, the inspector may:\n(1) declare a protective quarantine of a district, county, precinct, or other defined area in which a disease or pest of bees is not known to exist or in which the disease or pest is being eradicated in accordance with this subchapter; or\n(2) declare a restrictive quarantine of a district, county, precinct, or other defined area in which a disease or pest of bees is located.\n(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.\nAmended 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.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (H.B. 4538), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE A. BEES AND NONLIVESTOCK ANIMAL INDUSTRY","CHAPTER 131. BEES AND HONEY","SUBCHAPTER B. DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.131.htm#131.022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"98d8b82fe112a42d190a66139c58402b778f3ffceb6e216e9d59021dcce43f80","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-131.021","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-131.023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}