Tex. Agriculture Code § 19.012
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 19.012, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 19.012. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) sells or offers to sell citrus budwood, a citrus nursery tree, or citrus nursery stock falsely claiming that it is certified or that it comes from a designated foundation grove or a certified citrus nursery;
(2) uses, for commercial purposes, citrus budwood that is required by department rule to be certified and is not certified or does not come from a designated foundation grove;
(3) sells or offers to sell in the citrus zone citrus nursery stock that has not been propagated in a certified citrus nursery;
(4) operates, in the citrus zone for the propagation of citrus nursery stock, a citrus nursery that is not a certified citrus nursery or that is not in compliance with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;
(5) operates, outside of the citrus zone for the propagation of citrus nursery stock for sale in the citrus zone, a citrus nursery that is not a certified citrus nursery or that is not in compliance with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or
(6) fails to comply with an order of the department issued under this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(1) sells or offers to sell citrus budwood, a citrus nursery tree, or citrus nursery stock falsely claiming that it is certified or that it comes from a designated foundation grove or a certified citrus nursery;
(2) uses, for commercial purposes, citrus budwood that is required by department rule to be certified and is not certified or does not come from a designated foundation grove;
(3) sells or offers to sell in the citrus zone citrus nursery stock that has not been propagated in a certified citrus nursery;
(4) operates, in the citrus zone for the propagation of citrus nursery stock, a citrus nursery that is not a certified citrus nursery or that is not in compliance with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;
(5) operates, outside of the citrus zone for the propagation of citrus nursery stock for sale in the citrus zone, a citrus nursery that is not a certified citrus nursery or that is not in compliance with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or
(6) fails to comply with an order of the department issued under this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
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