Sec. 76.102. AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR LICENSING PESTICIDE APPLICATORS. The department shall license pesticide applicators involved in the following license use categories:
(1) agricultural pest control, including animal pest control;
(2) forest pest control;
(3) ornamental and turf pest control, except as provided by Chapter 1951, Occupations Code;
(4) seed treatments;
(5) right-of-way pest control;
(6) regulatory pest control;
(7) aquatic pest control;
(8) demonstration pest control;
(9) health-related pest control; and
(10) other license use categories as necessary to comply with federal requirements. The department may not adopt license use categories that are designated by statute for regulation by another agency.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1196, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2589, ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 87, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1369, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.752, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1278 (H.B. 1530), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.