Sec. 19.014. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES  


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  • The department may assess an administrative penalty under Chapter 12 for a violation of this chapter if the department finds that a 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 under this chapter;

    (2) uses citrus budwood in violation of rules adopted under this chapter;

    (3) 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

    (4) fails to comply with an order of the department issued under this chapter.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 358, Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1117, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 , Sec. 9.07, eff. September 1, 2009.