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Tex. Agric. Code § 19.012

CRIMINAL PENALTY

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 358, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) sells or offers to sell citrus budwood, a citrus nursery tree, or citrus nursery stock falsely claiming that it is certified or that it comes from a designated foundation grove or a certified citrus nursery;

(2) uses, for commercial purposes, citrus budwood that is required by department rule to be certified and is not certified or does not come from a designated foundation grove;

(3) sells or offers to sell in the citrus zone citrus nursery stock that has not been propagated in a certified citrus nursery;

(4) operates, in the citrus zone for the propagation of citrus nursery stock, a citrus nursery that is not a certified citrus nursery or that is not in compliance with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;

(5) operates, outside of the citrus zone for the propagation of citrus nursery stock for sale in the citrus zone, a citrus nursery that is not a certified citrus nursery or that is not in compliance with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or

(6) fails to comply with an order of the department issued under this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.