Tex. Agric. Code § 72.025 · Subchapter C. INFESTATION CONTROL
UNHUSBANDLIKE AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS; ORDERS OF DEPARTMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) It is a public nuisance to maintain premises in a quarantined area in an unhusbandlike or unsanitary condition. A person maintains an unhusbandlike or unsanitary condition if the person:
(1) has host fruit on trees on the premises during the host-free period; or
(2) permits fallen, refuse, or cull fruit to remain on the ground or premises for a period of seven days or more during the harvest period.
(b) Within the harvest period, each person shall clean fallen, refuse, or cull fruit from his or her premises once in each seven-day period. The fruit shall be buried at a depth of not less than 18 inches below the surface of well-tamped soil or disposed of in another manner satisfactory to the department.
(c) The department may order each owner, part owner, or caretaker of premises subject to this chapter to place the premises in husbandlike and sanitary condition. The order shall be in writing, dated, and signed or stamped by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. The order shall direct the owner, part owner, or caretaker to place the premises in husbandlike and sanitary condition under the supervision of an inspector of the department. If the owner is a nonresident, the department shall give the owner 10 days' notice of the order by registered mail.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1167, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Source of truth
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- 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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Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Agric. Code § 72.025. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Agriculture Code
- Tex. Agric. Code § 72.026EXPENSES OF AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ORDER OF DEPARTMENT.Printed as Section 72.025(c)
- Tex. Agric. Code § 72.042ENFORCEMENT OF DEPARTMENT ORDER; FEES.Printed as Section 72.025(c)
- Tex. Agric. Code § 72.044INJUNCTIONS; MANDAMUS.Printed as Section 72.025(c)
- Tex. Agric. Code § 72.062FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DEPARTMENT ORDER.Printed as Section 72.025(c)
- Tex. Agric. Code § 72.063PUBLIC NUISANCE.Printed as Section 72.025(b)
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