Sec. 71.0082. INSPECTIONS FOR CERTAIN PESTS AND DISEASES. (a) In addition to vehicle inspections authorized under Section 71.0081, the department and the Texas Animal Health Commission, under the direction of the department, shall jointly conduct road station and interstate shipment inspections as feasible at strategic points throughout this state and as determined to be appropriate by the department and the Texas Animal Health Commission, taking into consideration the significance of plant and animal inspections in proactively protecting this state's borders.
(b) The department may enter into an agreement with a corporation or other private entity to provide goods or services for the establishment and operation of checkpoints or the performance of inspections under this section.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1337 (S.B. 9), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products
Subtitle B - Horticultural Diseases and Pests
Subchapter A. Inspections; Quarantines; Control and Eradication Zones
Section 71.001. Quarantines Against Out-of-State Diseases and Pests
Section 71.002. Quarantines Against In-State Diseases and Pests
Section 71.003. Quarantines Around Pest-Free Areas
Section 71.004. Emergency Quarantines
Section 71.005. Movement of Plants From Quarantined Area
Section 71.008. Control or Eradication Zone
Section 71.0081. Vehicle Inspections for Insect Pests or Plant Diseases
Section 71.0082. Inspections for Certain Pests and Diseases
Section 71.0083. Agriculture Warrants
Section 71.009. Seizure, Treatment, and Destruction of Plants, Plant Products, and Other Substances
Section 71.0101. Department of Public Safety to Cooperate
Section 71.011. Protection of Carrier From Damages