AGRICULTURE CODE

TITLE 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS

SUBTITLE B. HORTICULTURAL DISEASES AND PESTS

CHAPTER 71. GENERAL CONTROL

SUBCHAPTER A. INSPECTIONS;  QUARANTINES;  CONTROL AND ERADICATION ZONES

Sec. 71.001.  QUARANTINES AGAINST OUT-OF-STATE DISEASES AND PESTS.  If the department determines that a dangerous insect pest or plant disease new to and not widely distributed in this state exists in any area outside the state, the department shall establish a quarantine against the infested area at the boundaries of the state or in other areas within the state.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1151, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.