Texas Agriculture Code

§ 72.001 — DEFINITIONS

AG § 72.001Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part B. HORTICULTURAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 72. MEXICAN FRUIT FLY CONTROL · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Host fruit" means a fruit susceptible to infestation by the Mexican fruit fly.

(2)"Mexican fruit fly" means the insect Anastrepha ludens, Loew.

(3)"Premises" means a grove, orchard, farm, yard, lawn, or tract of land on which citrus or other host fruit is grown, enclosed or unenclosed, or a barn, storehouse, warehouse, shed, boxcar, truck, or other building, receptacle, or conveyance capable of use for storing, packing, processing, or transporting citrus or other host fruits.

(4)"Quarantined area" means a county or part of a county under a quarantine or modified quarantine.

(5)"Sell" includes offer to sell, expose for sale, possess for sale, exchange, barter, or trade.

Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1165, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.