{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-508.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 508.004","heading":"CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"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.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1330, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE D. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","CHAPTER 508. AREA QUARANTINE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OR TOXIC AGENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.508.htm#508.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"d7353092dd785966cc823caf56c096627d41bb78872d45a251222cb5d5c8837f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-508.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-531.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}