1. (a) A person commits an offense if the person:

   1. (1) violates a provision of Section 131.022 or 131.023;
   2. (2) fails to report reportable diseases or reportable pests in accordance with Section 131.025;
   3. (3) ships or causes bees or equipment to be shipped into this state without the permit required by Section 131.041;
   4. (4) violates a rule, order, or quarantine of the chief apiary inspector adopted under this chapter;
   5. (5) prevents or attempts to prevent an inspection of bees, equipment, pollen, or honey under the direction of the inspector under this chapter;
   6. (6) prevents or attempts to prevent the discovery or treatment of bees with reportable diseases or reportable pests;
   7. (7) interferes with or attempts to interfere with the inspector in the discharge of the duties under this chapter;
   8. (8) as the owner or keeper of a colony of bees that has a reportable disease or contains a reportable pest, barters, gives away, sells, ships, or moves the bees, equipment, pollen, or honey or exposes other bees to the reportable disease or reportable pest; or
   9. (9) exposes honey, pollen, hives, frames, combs, bees, or appliances from a colony of bees known to have a reportable disease or contain a reportable pest in a manner that provides access to other bees.
2. (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
3. (c) All fines collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury.

Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1884, ch. 350, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983;

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 418, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (H.B. 4538), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2023.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (H.B. 4538), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2023.