Tex. Agriculture Code § 72.001
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 72.001, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 72.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Host fruit" means a fruit susceptible to infestation by the Mexican fruit fly.
(2) "Mexican fruit fly" means the insect Anastrepha ludens, Loew.
(3) "Premises" means a grove, orchard, farm, yard, lawn, or tract of land on which citrus or other host fruit is grown, enclosed or unenclosed, or a barn, storehouse, warehouse, shed, boxcar, truck, or other building, receptacle, or conveyance capable of use for storing, packing, processing, or transporting citrus or other host fruits.
(4) "Quarantined area" means a county or part of a county under a quarantine or modified quarantine.
(5) "Sell" includes offer to sell, expose for sale, possess for sale, exchange, barter, or trade.
(1) "Host fruit" means a fruit susceptible to infestation by the Mexican fruit fly.
(2) "Mexican fruit fly" means the insect Anastrepha ludens, Loew.
(3) "Premises" means a grove, orchard, farm, yard, lawn, or tract of land on which citrus or other host fruit is grown, enclosed or unenclosed, or a barn, storehouse, warehouse, shed, boxcar, truck, or other building, receptacle, or conveyance capable of use for storing, packing, processing, or transporting citrus or other host fruits.
(4) "Quarantined area" means a county or part of a county under a quarantine or modified quarantine.
(5) "Sell" includes offer to sell, expose for sale, possess for sale, exchange, barter, or trade.
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