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.