Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.002: DEFINITIONS.

In this subchapter:
(1) "Cotton" includes the cotton plant, cotton in the boll, cotton stalk, and all cotton products, including seed cotton, cottonseed, and cotton hulls, but not including cotton oil or cotton meal.
(2) "Cotton pest" includes the boll weevil and the pink bollworm.
(3) "Host plant" means a plant susceptible to infestation by the boll weevil, pink bollworm, or any other cotton pest.
(4) "Boll weevil" means the insect Anthonomus grandis Boheman, in any stage of development, including the egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages.
(5) "Okra" includes okra stalks.
(6) "Pest management zone" means a geographical zone established by the department under this chapter for purposes of cotton pest control and prevention.
(7) "Pink bollworm" means the insect Pectinophora gossypiella, Saunders, in any stage of development, including the egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages.
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.

Where this section sits in the code

AGRICULTURE CODE
TITLE 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
SUBTITLE B. HORTICULTURAL DISEASES AND PESTS
CHAPTER 74. COTTON DISEASES AND PESTS
SUBCHAPTER A. COTTON PEST CONTROL

In this subchapter:

(1) "Cotton" includes the cotton plant, cotton in the boll, cotton stalk, and all cotton products, including seed cotton, cottonseed, and cotton hulls, but not including cotton oil or cotton meal.

(2) "Cotton pest" includes the boll weevil and the pink bollworm.

(3) "Host plant" means a plant susceptible to infestation by the boll weevil, pink bollworm, or any other cotton pest.

(4) "Boll weevil" means the insect Anthonomus grandis Boheman, in any stage of development, including the egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages.

(5) "Okra" includes okra stalks.

(6) "Pest management zone" means a geographical zone established by the department under this chapter for purposes of cotton pest control and prevention.

(7) "Pink bollworm" means the insect Pectinophora gossypiella, Saunders, in any stage of development, including the egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages.

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.

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