Sec. 72.024. HOST-FREE PERIOD. (a) The department may adopt the host-free period adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture for Mexican fruit fly quarantine in this state. During a host-free period, host fruits may not be produced or permitted to remain on trees within a quarantined area.
(b) All old crop fruit shall be removed from premises in a quarantined area at the beginning of an annual host-free period.
(c) In addition to other fruits declared by the department to be host fruits, the following fruits are host fruits for the purpose of this chapter:
(1) mangoes;
(2) sapotas, including sapodillas, fruits of the family Sapotaceae and the genus Casimiroa, and all other fruits commonly called sapotas or sapotes;
(3) peaches;
(4) guavas;
(5) apples;
(6) pears;
(7) plums;
(8) quinces;
(9) apricots;
(10) mameys;
(11) ciruelas; and
(12) all citrus fruits, except lemons, sour limes, calamondin, and citrus fruit that, because of its stage of development during the host-free period, will mature during the period of the year not within the host-free period.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1167, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products
Subtitle B - Horticultural Diseases and Pests
Chapter 72 - Mexican Fruit Fly Control
Subchapter C. Infestation Control
Section 72.021. Determination of Infestation
Section 72.022. Citrus Quarantine Advisory Committee
Section 72.023. Method of Control
Section 72.024. Host-Free Period
Section 72.025. Unhusbandlike and Unsanitary Conditions; Orders of Department
Section 72.026. Expenses of and Responsibility for Compliance With Order of Department