Tex. Agric. Code § 80.031 · Chapter 80. OFFICIAL CITRUS PRODUCERS' PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
USE OF BIO-INTENSIVE CONTROLS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner shall develop and adopt rules to allow a citrus producer in a suppression program to use biological, botanical, or other nonsynthetic pest control methods. In developing rules, the commissioner shall consider:
(1) scientific studies and field trials of the effectiveness of a proposed alternative control method;
(2) the feasibility of using a proposed alternative control technique within a particular region;
(3) the degree of monitoring necessary to establish the success of the use of a proposed alternative control; and
(4) methods to prevent the use of substances that would impede the use of alternative controls and the promotion of beneficial insect populations.
(b) A citrus producer that chooses to use an alternative method of control as provided in Subsection (a) shall notify the board. The board and the citrus producer shall coordinate their actions to prevent the use of substances that would impede the use of alternative controls and the promotion of beneficial insect populations.
(c) The citrus producer shall pay any additional cost of bio-intensive control in addition to any assessment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 10.01, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.80.htm
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