Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 152.018 · Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE
NOTICE TO SPECIFIC LANDOWNER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The notice required by Section 152.017 shall inform the landowner of:
(1) the facts found to exist;
(2) the landowner's responsibilities for the control measures;
(3) the control technique recommended;
(4) the law under which control must be accomplished; and
(5) the authority of the service in the event the landowner takes no action toward controlling the pest.
(b) The notice may be given by:
(1) personal delivery to the landowner or the person having control of the forest land;
(2) registered or certified mail directed to the landowner or person having control of the forest land at that person's last known address; or
(3) if the identity or address of the landowner or person having control of the forest land is unknown:
(A) publication in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the land is located; or
(B) posting notice on the county's Internet website or on a bulletin board at a place convenient to the public in the county courthouse for the county in which the land is located.
(c) A published or posted notice under Subsection (b) must include the information specified in Subsection (a), state the name of the owner, if known, and briefly describe the land to which the notice applies.
(d) No other notice is necessary under the provisions of this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2649, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 859 (H.B. 2567), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.
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