Sec. 74.009. COTTON PEST CONTROL AND ERADICATION POLICY. The state shall employ all constitutional methods to control and eradicate cotton pests that scientific research demonstrates to be successful, including:
(1) inspection of host plants in the field or host plant products where stored;
(2) quarantine and fumigation of equipment, host plants, and host plant products found to be contaminated;
(3) supervision of the growing of host plants in areas known to be contaminated;
(4) destruction of infested fields of host plants or of infested host plant products;
(5) prevention of planting of host plants in areas where infestation has been found; and
(6) prevention of movement of equipment contaminated or reasonably suspected to be contaminated with cotton pests.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1175, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Sec. 74.052 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 7, eff. June 16, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products
Subtitle B - Horticultural Diseases and Pests
Chapter 74 - Cotton Diseases and Pests
Subchapter A. Cotton Pest Control
Section 74.001. Public Nuisance
Section 74.003. Establishment of Pest Management Zones
Section 74.0031. Cotton Stalk Destruction
Section 74.0032. Hostable Cotton Fee
Section 74.004. Destruction of Host Plants
Section 74.0041. Regulation of Planting Dates
Section 74.005. Entry Power; Inspections
Section 74.007. Offenses; Penalty
Section 74.008. Civil Penalty; Injunction
Section 74.009. Cotton Pest Control and Eradication Policy
Section 74.010. Regulation of Cotton Pests; Quarantines