Tex. Agric. Code § 71.201 · Subchapter E. PLANT PEST AND DISEASE DETECTION AND SURVEILLANCE
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Cooperative agreement" means an agreement described by Section 71.202.
(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
(3) "Interested parties" include the following organizations or a successor organization:
(A) Plains Cotton Growers;
(B) South Texas Cotton and Grain Association;
(C) Texas Citrus Mutual;
(D) Texas Corn Producers;
(E) Texas Farm Bureau;
(F) Texas Grain Sorghum Association; and
(G) Texas Nursery and Landscape Association.
(4) "Plant pest and disease detection and surveillance" means the full range of activities undertaken to detect plant pests and diseases newly introduced to this state or to a certain area of this state before a pest or disease becomes established or an infestation of a pest or outbreak of a disease becomes too large and costly to eradicate or control. The term includes activities undertaken to detect pests and diseases affecting specialty crops.
(5) "Specialty crop" means a fruit, vegetable, tree nut, dried fruit, or nursery crop, including floriculture.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 27 (H.B. 2089), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
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