Texas § 81.089 TRANSPORTATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY.

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§ 81.089 — TRANSPORTATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY.

Texas § 81.089

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 81.089 (2026).

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Sec. 81.089. TRANSPORTATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY.

(a)A person commits an offense if, before notifying the department or health authority at a port of entry or a place of first landing or first arrival in this state, the person knowingly or intentionally:

(1)transports or causes to be transported into this state an object the person knows or suspects may be infected or contaminated with a communicable disease that is a threat to the public health;

(2)transports or causes to be transported into this state an individual who the person knows has or is the carrier of a communicable disease that is a threat to the public health; or

(3)transports or causes to be transported into this state a person, animal, or object in a private or common carrier or a private conveyance that the person knows is

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Sec. 81.089. TRANSPORTATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if, before notifying the department or health authority at a port of entry or a place of first landing or first arrival in this state, the person knowingly or intentionally:
(1) transports or causes to be transported into this state an object the person knows or suspects may be infected or contaminated with a communicable disease that is a threat to the public health;
(2) transports or causes to be transported into this state an individual who the person knows has or is the carrier of a communicable disease that is a threat to the public health; or
(3) transports or causes to be transported into this state a person, animal, or object in a private or common carrier or a private conveyance that the person knows is or suspects may be infected or contaminated with a communicable disease that is a threat to the public health.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that if the person acts with the intent to harm or defraud another, the offense is a felony of the third degree.