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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.088

REMOVAL, ALTERATION, OR DESTRUCTION OF QUARANTINE DEVICES; CRIMINAL PENALTY

Known as the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act

The act spans §§ 81–81 (155 sections).

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally:

(1) removes, alters, or attempts to remove or alter an object the person knows is a quarantine device, notice, or security item in a manner that diminishes the effectiveness of the device, notice, or item; or

(2) destroys an object the person knows is a quarantine device, notice, or security item.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.