Section 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.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.089
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.185, eff. 9/1/2003. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.