{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.087","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.087","heading":"VIOLATION OF CONTROL MEASURE ORDERS; CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses to perform or allow the performance of certain control measures ordered by a health authority or the department under Sections 81.083-81.086.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","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 E. CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.087","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"79957679d1404a01dd1aaab314514bad8686ba691ff2b646268b901eb3f1e62f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.086","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.088"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}