Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
NATURAL RESOURCES CODE |
Title 6. TIMBER |
Chapter 152. FOREST PEST CONTROL |
Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE |
Sec. 152.022. EXPENSE OF CONTROL MEASURES TAKEN BY SERVICE
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(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, all charges and expenses of destruction or control measures taken by the service shall be paid by the owner of the land on which the infestation occurred.
(b) If the tract with respect to which the service conducted control measures contains 50 acres of forest land or less and the landowner in whose name the record title to the land stands owns no more than 50 acres of forest land in the county in which the infestation occurred, the cost of control shall be borne by the service.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2650, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.