Tex. Agric. Code § 74.005 · Subchapter A. COTTON PEST CONTROL
ENTRY POWER; INSPECTIONS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, the department is entitled to:
(1) enter any field of host plants or any premises in which a host plant or its product is stored or held;
(2) examine any product, container, or substance susceptible to cotton pest infestation; and
(3) examine the records of a purchaser, handler, or common carrier of host plant products.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 5, eff. June 16, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.74.htm
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- sha256 272456a1775e481512cb1ad9252eaa4b01ddad3cbd6763b650b9391530db9583
- 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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