Tex. Agriculture Code § 72.025
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 72.025, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 72.025. UNHUSBANDLIKE AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS; ORDERS OF DEPARTMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) It is a public nuisance to maintain premises in a quarantined area in an unhusbandlike or unsanitary condition. A person maintains an unhusbandlike or unsanitary condition if the person:
(1) has host fruit on trees on the premises during the host-free period; or
(2) permits fallen, refuse, or cull fruit to remain on the ground or premises for a period of seven days or more during the harvest period.
(b) Within the harvest period, each person shall clean fallen, refuse, or cull fruit from his or her premises once in each seven-day period. The fruit shall be buried at a depth of not less than 18 inches below the surface of well-tamped soil or disposed of in another manner satisfactory to the department.
(c) The department may order each owner, part owner, or caretaker of premises subject to this chapter to place the premises in husbandlike and sanitary condition. The order shall be in writing, dated, and signed or stamped by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. The order shall direct the owner, part owner, or caretaker to place the premises in husbandlike and sanitary condition under the supervision of an inspector of the department. If the owner is a nonresident, the department shall give the owner 10 days' notice of the order by registered mail.
(1) has host fruit on trees on the premises during the host-free period; or
(2) permits fallen, refuse, or cull fruit to remain on the ground or premises for a period of seven days or more during the harvest period.
(b) Within the harvest period, each person shall clean fallen, refuse, or cull fruit from his or her premises once in each seven-day period. The fruit shall be buried at a depth of not less than 18 inches below the surface of well-tamped soil or disposed of in another manner satisfactory to the department.
(c) The department may order each owner, part owner, or caretaker of premises subject to this chapter to place the premises in husbandlike and sanitary condition. The order shall be in writing, dated, and signed or stamped by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. The order shall direct the owner, part owner, or caretaker to place the premises in husbandlike and sanitary condition under the supervision of an inspector of the department. If the owner is a nonresident, the department shall give the owner 10 days' notice of the order by registered mail.
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