{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.067","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.067","heading":"CONCEALING, REMOVING, OR DISPOSING OF AN INFECTED OR CONTAMINATED ANIMAL, OBJECT, VEHICLE, WATERCRAFT, OR AIRCRAFT; CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly conceals, removes, or disposes of an infected or contaminated animal, object, vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft that is the subject of an investigation under this chapter by the department, a health authority, or a peace officer.\n(b) An offense under this Section is a Class B misdemeanor.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.177, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER D. INVESTIGATION AND INSPECTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.067","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"5533b8654761782bfa4dc9172590271dadadba465ceab28e47a5256e6f7d5752","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.066","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.068"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}