Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
AGRICULTURE CODE |
Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE |
Chapter 19. CITRUS BUDWOOD CERTIFICATION PROGRAM |
Sec. 19.012. CRIMINAL PENALTY
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) sells or offers to sell citrus budwood or a citrus nursery tree falsely claiming that it is certified or that it comes from a designated foundation grove;
(2) uses, for commercial purposes, citrus budwood that is required by department rule to be certified and is not certified or does not come from a designated foundation grove; or
(3) fails to comply with an order of the department issued under this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 358, Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1117, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 , Sec. 9.06, eff. September 1, 2009.