Texas Agriculture Code 19.014 – Administrative Penalties
Terms Used In Texas Agriculture Code 19.014
- Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Texas Agriculture Code 1.003
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
The department may assess an administrative penalty under Chapter 12 for a violation of this chapter if the department finds that a 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 under this chapter;
(2) uses citrus budwood in violation of rules adopted under this chapter;
(3) 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;
(4) sells or offers to sell citrus nursery stock in the citrus zone falsely claiming that the citrus nursery stock was propagated in a certified citrus nursery;
(5) 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;
(6) 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
(7) fails to comply with an order of the department issued under this chapter.