Tex. Agric. Code § 76.185 · Subchapter I. REMEDIES
DAMAGES RESULTING FROM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDE UNDER GOVERNMENT PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Notwithstanding other law, the owner or lessee of land on which a pesticide is applied is not responsible for damages resulting from the application of the pesticide or subject to a criminal or civil penalty in connection with the application of the pesticide if:
(1) the pesticide is applied under a local, state, or federal government program that requires the application of the pesticide to the land; and
(2) the owner or lessee of the land on which the pesticide is applied does not control or have a right to control the time and manner of the application of the pesticide to the land.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. 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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