Texas Agriculture Code - Section 74.009. Cotton Pest Control And Eradication Policy
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§ 74.009. COTTON PEST CONTROL AND ERADICATION
POLICY. The state shall employ all constitutional methods to
control and eradicate cotton pests that scientific research
demonstrates to be successful, including:
(1) inspection of host plants in the field or host
plant products where stored;
(2) quarantine and fumigation of equipment, host
plants, and host plant products found to be contaminated;
(3) supervision of the growing of host plants in areas
known to be contaminated;
(4) destruction of infested fields of host plants or
of infested host plant products;
(5) prevention of planting of host plants in areas
where infestation has been found; and
(6) prevention of movement of equipment contaminated
or reasonably suspected to be contaminated with cotton pests.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1175, ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Agriculture Code § 74.052 and amended
by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 957, § 7, eff. June 16, 1995.
Section: 74.003 74.004 74.0041 74.005 74.006 74.007 74.008 74.009 74.010 74.011 74.012 74.013 74.101 74.1011 74.102
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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