Section 19.012 - Criminal Penalty(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.Tex. Agric. Code § 19.012
Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 166,Sec. 8, eff. 9/1/2013.Amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506, Sec. 9.06, eff. 9/1/2009.Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1117, Sec. 8, eff. 9/1/1997.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 358, Sec. 1, eff. 6/8/1995.