Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.009
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.009, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 74.009. COTTON PEST CONTROL AND ERADICATION POLICY.
Official statutory text
The state shall employ all constitutional methods to control and eradicate cotton pests that scientific research demonstrates to be successful, including:
(1) inspection of host plants in the field or host plant products where stored;
(2) quarantine and fumigation of equipment, host plants, and host plant products found to be contaminated;
(3) supervision of the growing of host plants in areas known to be contaminated;
(4) destruction of infested fields of host plants or of infested host plant products;
(5) prevention of planting of host plants in areas where infestation has been found; and
(6) prevention of movement of equipment contaminated or reasonably suspected to be contaminated with cotton pests.
(1) inspection of host plants in the field or host plant products where stored;
(2) quarantine and fumigation of equipment, host plants, and host plant products found to be contaminated;
(3) supervision of the growing of host plants in areas known to be contaminated;
(4) destruction of infested fields of host plants or of infested host plant products;
(5) prevention of planting of host plants in areas where infestation has been found; and
(6) prevention of movement of equipment contaminated or reasonably suspected to be contaminated with cotton pests.
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