Texas Agriculture Code - Section 72.025. Unhusbandlike And Unsanitary Conditions; Orders Of Department
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§ 72.025. UNHUSBANDLIKE AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS;
ORDERS OF DEPARTMENT. (a) It is a public nuisance to maintain
premises in a quarantined area in an unhusbandlike or unsanitary
condition. A person maintains an unhusbandlike or unsanitary
condition if the person:
(1) has host fruit on trees on the premises during the
host-free period; or
(2) permits fallen, refuse, or cull fruit to remain on
the ground or premises for a period of seven days or more during the
harvest period.
(b) Within the harvest period, each person shall clean
fallen, refuse, or cull fruit from his or her premises once in each
seven-day period. The fruit shall be buried at a depth of not less
than 18 inches below the surface of well-tamped soil or disposed of
in another manner satisfactory to the department.
(c) The department may order each owner, part owner, or
caretaker of premises subject to this chapter to place the premises
in husbandlike and sanitary condition. The order shall be in
writing, dated, and signed or stamped by the commissioner or the
commissioner's designee. The order shall direct the owner, part
owner, or caretaker to place the premises in husbandlike and
sanitary condition under the supervision of an inspector of the
department. If the owner is a nonresident, the department shall
give the owner 10 days' notice of the order by registered mail.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1167, ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Section: 72.013 72.014 72.015 72.021 72.022 72.023 72.024 72.025 72.026 72.041 72.042 72.043 72.044 72.045 72.046
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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