Texas Agriculture Code - AGRIC § 131.121. Disease and Pest Control

(1) violates a provision of Section 131.022 or 131.023;

(2) fails to report reportable diseases or reportable pests in accordance with Section 131.025;

(3) ships or causes bees or equipment to be shipped into this state without the permit required by Section 131.041;

(4) violates a rule, order, or quarantine of the chief apiary inspector adopted under this chapter;

(5) prevents or attempts to prevent an inspection of bees, equipment, pollen, or honey under the direction of the inspector under this chapter;

(6) prevents or attempts to prevent the discovery or treatment of bees with reportable diseases or reportable pests;

(7) interferes with or attempts to interfere with the inspector in the discharge of the duties under this chapter;

(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) 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.