Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.002
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.002, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 76.002. PESTS.
Official statutory text
The department shall determine what organisms constitute pests for purposes of this chapter and may include in the list of pests:
(1) any insect, snail, slug, rodent, bird, nematode, fungus, weed, or other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life; or
(2) any virus, bacteria, or other microorganism, other than a virus, bacteria, or other microorganism on or in living man or other living animals.
(1) any insect, snail, slug, rodent, bird, nematode, fungus, weed, or other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life; or
(2) any virus, bacteria, or other microorganism, other than a virus, bacteria, or other microorganism on or in living man or other living animals.
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