Section 19.014 - Administrative Penalties 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.Tex. Agric. Code § 19.014
Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 166,Sec. 10, eff. 9/1/2013.Amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506, Sec. 9.07, eff. 9/1/2009.Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1117, Sec. 9, eff. 9/1/1997.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 358, Sec. 1, eff. 6/8/1995.