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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="5-504" title_number="5" title_name="Pesticide and Pest Control" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Honey Bees">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in this section, a person may not keep a colony or possess bee equipment that is infected with an infectious bee disease.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each beekeeper with an infected colony shall notify the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A beekeeper may not sell, barter, or give to any person any infected colony, bee equipment, or appliance unless it is treated in a manner that the Department approves.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department may do any of the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>After sending to the beekeeper a written notice of quarantine, quarantine any apiary containing an infected colony or bee equipment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Order treatment of an infected colony or bee equipment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Order destruction of an infected colony or bee equipment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A quarantine shall remain in effect until the Department issues a written release of the quarantine.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Department shall instruct the beekeeper on any treatment or destruction that is ordered under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
