Tex. Agric. Code § 76.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PESTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The department shall determine what organisms constitute pests for purposes of this chapter and may include in the list of pests:
(1) any insect, snail, slug, rodent, bird, nematode, fungus, weed, or other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life; or
(2) any virus, bacteria, or other microorganism, other than a virus, bacteria, or other microorganism on or in living man or other living animals.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1190, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1369, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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.76.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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