Sec. 74.010. REGULATION OF COTTON PESTS; QUARANTINES. (a) If, under prior law, the department proclaimed a quarantine against infested territory, no person may import into Texas from the quarantined territory a substance susceptible to cotton pest infestation.
(b) The department shall maintain a rigid inspection of substances susceptible to cotton pest contamination that are being carried from quarantined territory into, through, or within this state.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1175, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 847, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Renumbered from Sec. 74.054 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