This is a clone of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) for educational purposes. It is not the official version and should not be used for legal purposes. Site created Wed, 21 May 2025 21:16:37 GMT

TITLE 4 - AGRICULTURE
PART 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 19 - QUARANTINES AND NOXIOUS AND INVASIVE PLANTS
SUBCHAPTER V - MEXICAN FRUIT FLY QUARANTINE
SECTION/RULE §19.501 - Duration of Quarantine
Chapter Review Date 01/10/2017

Any quarantined area established under this subchapter shall remain in effect until the quarantined pest described in §19.500 of this title (relating to the Quarantined Pest) is eradicated from that area. The quarantined pest shall be considered eradicated from a quarantined area when no additional Mexican fruit flies are detected for a time period equal to three consecutive generations after the most recent detection. For the Mexican fruit fly, the number of days required to complete a reproductive cycle, one generation, is temperature dependent; therefore, a day-degree model will be used to calculate the duration of each consecutive generation.

Source Note: The provisions of this §19.501 adopted to be effective January 20, 2015, 40 TexReg 326.

View Official Rule