{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-19.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 19.012","heading":"CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person:\n(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;\n(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;\n(3) sells or offers to sell in the citrus zone citrus nursery stock that has not been propagated in a certified citrus nursery;\n(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;\n(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\n(6) fails to comply with an order of the department issued under this chapter.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 358, Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1117, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 9.06, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 166 (S.B. 1427), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","CHAPTER 19. CITRUS BUDWOOD AND CITRUS NURSERY STOCK CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.19.htm#19.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"649e05881e7fe549cf3460b1770b9c74f1a5f410149dcbf62941e86da7f3d232","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-19.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-19.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}