{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-152.014","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 152.014","heading":"NOTICE OF FINDING OF INFESTATION.","body":"After determining that an infestation exists, the service shall give notice of the fact by:\n(1) placing a notice in a newspaper or newspapers in the county or counties in which any infested land is located, or, if there is no newspaper in the county, placing a notice in a newspaper or newspapers with general circulation in the county or counties in which any infested land is located, stating its findings and setting a time and place for a hearing on the need for the control of the pest, to be held not less than 10 days from the date of the notice;\n(2) mailing copies of the notice to owners of forest land known to the service to have holdings in the affected area; and\n(3) arranging for publicity on the subject by all news media serving the affected area.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2648, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 6. TIMBER","CHAPTER 152. FOREST PEST CONTROL","SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF TEXAS A\u0026M FOREST SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.152.htm#152.014","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"d6b6f01abeabba4e98488e2d92a40ea587526e677e7346c0790c6da3719cc9c7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-152.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-152.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}