Tex. Agric. Code § 72.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Host fruit" means a fruit susceptible to infestation by the Mexican fruit fly.
(2) "Mexican fruit fly" means the insect Anastrepha ludens, Loew.
(3) "Premises" means a grove, orchard, farm, yard, lawn, or tract of land on which citrus or other host fruit is grown, enclosed or unenclosed, or a barn, storehouse, warehouse, shed, boxcar, truck, or other building, receptacle, or conveyance capable of use for storing, packing, processing, or transporting citrus or other host fruits.
(4) "Quarantined area" means a county or part of a county under a quarantine or modified quarantine.
(5) "Sell" includes offer to sell, expose for sale, possess for sale, exchange, barter, or trade.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1165, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.72.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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