Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.185
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.185, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 76.185. DAMAGES RESULTING FROM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDE UNDER GOVERNMENT PROGRAM.
Official statutory text
Notwithstanding other law, the owner or lessee of land on which a pesticide is applied is not responsible for damages resulting from the application of the pesticide or subject to a criminal or civil penalty in connection with the application of the pesticide if:
(1) the pesticide is applied under a local, state, or federal government program that requires the application of the pesticide to the land; and
(2) the owner or lessee of the land on which the pesticide is applied does not control or have a right to control the time and manner of the application of the pesticide to the land.
(1) the pesticide is applied under a local, state, or federal government program that requires the application of the pesticide to the land; and
(2) the owner or lessee of the land on which the pesticide is applied does not control or have a right to control the time and manner of the application of the pesticide to the land.
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