Tex. Agric. Code § 72.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
ADMINISTRATION; RULES.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall administer this chapter in order to control or eradicate the Mexican fruit fly in this state and to protect all premises in this state from that pest.
(b) The department may adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1165, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 9.16, eff. September 1, 2009.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 9212d76afed9364a775bb612c1184f83fbc2cbf5946cfe66a82a87c538cb25ba
- Composed by
- 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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