SECTION 19.619. Consequences for Failure to Comply with Quarantine Restrictions

A person who fails to comply with quarantine restrictions or requirements or a department order relating to the quarantine is subject to administrative or civil penalties up to $10,000 per day for any violation of the order and to the assessment of costs for any treatment or destruction that must be performed by the department in the absence of such compliance. Additionally, the department is authorized to seize and treat or destroy, or order to be treated or destroyed, any quarantined article that is found to be infested with the quarantined pest or, regardless of whether infected or not, transported within, out of, or through the quarantined area in violation of this subchapter.

Source Note: The provisions of this §19.619 adopted to be effective February 9, 2013, 38 TexReg 491