Texas Agriculture Code

§ 76.002 — PESTS

AG § 76.002Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part B. HORTICULTURAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 76. PESTICIDE AND HERBICIDE REGULATION · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

View on source

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.

Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1190, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1369, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.