{"id":"DUT-TX-005","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Legislature (Health and Safety Code ch. 81, Subchapter E)","authority":"Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code § 81.085(a), (c), (e), (h), (j)","instrument":"Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code § 81.085","title":"Area Quarantine; Criminal Penalty","dateIssued":"1989-09-01","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"1989-09-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["QUAR","GATH","CLOSE","DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally (every person in the quarantine area, including every business)"],"clause":"A person commits an offense if the person knowingly fails or refuses to obey a rule, order, or instruction of the department or an order or instruction of a health authority issued under a department rule and published during an area quarantine under this section. An offense under this subsection is a felony of the third degree.","enforcement":"Third-degree felony: imprisonment of 2 to 10 years and a fine to $10,000 (Penal Code § 12.34, Ex. DUT-TX-019)","functions":[],"notes":"During an outbreak the Commissioner or a health authority may quarantine an entire area and, under subsection (c), impose \u0027additional disease control measures... necessary and most appropriate to arrest, control, and eradicate the threat to the public health\u0027; subsection (e) makes publication \u0027sufficient to inform persons in the area of their rights, duties, and obligations under the orders or instructions\u0027; knowing refusal to obey a published order is a third-degree felony, and peace officers may use reasonable force to secure the area (subsection (j)).","sourceUrl":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20201206082504/https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":694750,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-TX","url":"/library/DUT-TX-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-TX-005","citation":"Texas Legislature (Health and Safety Code ch. 81, Subchapter E), Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code § 81.085 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TX-005)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-008","TX-047","TX-004","DUT-TX-019","DUT-TX-001","DUT-TX-002","DUT-TX-007","DUT-TX-009","DUT-TX-003","DUT-TX-004","DUT-TX-006"]}