Texas Agriculture Code

§ 79.007 — EXECUTION OF INTERSTATE COMPACT

AG § 79.007Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part B. HORTICULTURAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 79. INTERSTATE PEST CONTROL COMPACT

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This state enters into a compact with all other states legally joining in the compact in substantially the following form: "INTERSTATE PEST CONTROL COMPACT "ARTICLE I. FINDINGS "The party states find that:

(1)in the absence of the higher degree of cooperation among them possible under this Compact, the annual loss of approximately 137 billion dollars from the depredations of pests is virtually certain to continue, if not to increase;

(2)because of the varying climatic, geographic and economic factors, each state may be affected differently by particular species of pests; but all states share the inability to protect themselves fully against those pests which present serious dangers to them;

(3)the migratory character of pest infestations makes it necessary for states both adjacent to and distant from one another to complement each other's activities when faced with conditions of infestation and reinfestation; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 188 (H.B. 774), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.