{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-131.025","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 131.025","heading":"REPORTABLE DISEASES AND PESTS.","body":"(a) The chief apiary inspector shall maintain and publish a list of reportable diseases and pests.\n(b) If a beekeeper knows that a colony of bees has a reportable disease or contains a reportable pest, the beekeeper shall immediately report to the chief apiary inspector all facts known about the affected bees.\nAmended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1884, ch. 350, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 418, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (H.B. 4538), Sec. 11, 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#131.025","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"159722371feb7e744defe3cb15bb1a92de4d3b94bca4058853b449efe1ac2836","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-131.024","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-131.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}