Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.005
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.005, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 71.005. MOVEMENT OF PLANTS FROM QUARANTINED AREA.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, the department shall prevent the movement, from a quarantined area into an unquarantined area or pest-free area, of any plant, plant product, or substance capable of disseminating the pest or disease that is the basis for the quarantine or is not found in the pest-free area.
(b) A plant, plant product, or substance prohibited from movement by a quarantine established under Section 71.001, 71.002, or 71.004 of this code may be moved into an unquarantined area if moved under safeguards considered by the department to be adequate to prevent the introduction or spread of the pest or disease into the state or an unquarantined area.
(c) The department may charge a fee, as provided by department rule, for an inspection required for the movement of plants into or out of a quarantined area.
(b) A plant, plant product, or substance prohibited from movement by a quarantine established under Section 71.001, 71.002, or 71.004 of this code may be moved into an unquarantined area if moved under safeguards considered by the department to be adequate to prevent the introduction or spread of the pest or disease into the state or an unquarantined area.
(c) The department may charge a fee, as provided by department rule, for an inspection required for the movement of plants into or out of a quarantined area.
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