Sec. 71.041. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Florist" means a person who maintains, grows, raises, or buys and offers for sale or lease for profit florist items.
(2) "Florist item" means a cut flower, potted plant, blooming plant, inside foliage plant, bedding plant, corsage flower, cut foliage, floral decoration, or live decorative material.
(3) "Nursery product" includes a tree, shrub, vine, cutting, graft, scion, grass, bulb, or bud that is grown for, kept for, or is capable of, propagation and distribution for sale or lease.
(4) "Nursery grower" means a person who grows more than 50 percent of the nursery products or florist items that the person either sells or leases, regardless of the variety sold, leased, or grown.
(5) "Nursery stock weather protection unit" means a plant cover consisting of a series of removable, portable metal hoops, covered by nonreusable plastic sheeting, shade cloth, or other similar removable material, used exclusively for protecting nursery products from weather elements. A nursery stock weather protection unit is an implement of husbandry for all purposes, including Article VIII, Section 19a, of the Texas Constitution.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1155, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 102, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 52, Sec. 10, eff. May 7, 2001.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products
Subtitle B - Horticultural Diseases and Pests
Subchapter B. Inspection of Nursery Products and Florist Items
Section 71.042. Duty of Department; Rules
Section 71.043. Annual Registration
Section 71.046. Treatment or Destruction of Diseased or Infested Plants or Premises
Section 71.047. Expense of Treatment
Section 71.048. Appeal of Notice or Order
Section 71.049. Enforcement of Notice or Order
Section 71.050. Certificate to Accompany Shipment
Section 71.051. Importation Certificates
Section 71.053. Inspection of Shipments
Section 71.054. Protection of Carriers From Liability; Reporting of Unlawful Shipments
Section 71.055. Revocation of Certificate
Section 71.056. Inspection Fees
Section 71.057. Nursery Dealers and Agents; Annual Registration