Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.068
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.068, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 81.068. REFUSING ENTRY OR INSPECTION; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses or attempts to refuse entry to the department, a health authority, or a peace officer on presentation of a valid search warrant to investigate, inspect, or take samples on premises controlled by the person or by an agent of the person acting on the person's instruction.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses or attempts to refuse inspection under Section 81.064 or entry or access under Section 81.065.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses or attempts to refuse inspection under Section 81.064 or entry or access under Section 81.065.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
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