Tex. Agric. Code § 19.014 · Chapter 19. CITRUS BUDWOOD AND CITRUS NURSERY STOCK CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The department may assess an administrative penalty under Chapter 12 for a violation of this chapter if the department finds that a person:
(1) sells or offers to sell citrus budwood, a citrus nursery tree, or citrus nursery stock falsely claiming that it is certified or that it comes from a designated foundation grove or a certified citrus nursery under this chapter;
(2) uses citrus budwood in violation of rules adopted under this chapter;
(3) uses, for commercial purposes, citrus budwood that is required by department rule to be certified and is not certified or does not come from a designated foundation grove;
(4) sells or offers to sell citrus nursery stock in the citrus zone falsely claiming that the citrus nursery stock was propagated in a certified citrus nursery;
(5) operates, in the citrus zone for the propagation of citrus nursery stock, a citrus nursery that is not a certified citrus nursery or that is not in compliance with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;
(6) operates, outside of the citrus zone for the propagation of citrus nursery stock for sale in the citrus zone, a citrus nursery that is not a certified citrus nursery or that is not in compliance with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or
(7) fails to comply with an order of the department issued under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 358, Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1117, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 9.07, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 166 (S.B. 1427), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2013.
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