Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 4	AGRICULTURE
PART 1	TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 19	QUARANTINES AND NOXIOUS AND INVASIVE PLANTS
SUBCHAPTER A	GENERAL QUARANTINE PROVISIONS
RULE §19.3	Inspection and Testing Fees

(a) The department shall collect an inspection fee of $30 for the issuance of a state phytosanitary or a growing season inspection certificate. The department shall collect the same amount of certification and administrative fees as established by U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue the federal phytosanitary certificates. Information on the phytosanitary certification fees can be obtained by contacting the department at 1-800 TELL-TDA (1-800-835-5832) or a local United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service office. Fields designated for genetic identity by the department are exempt from the fee. In addition, the department shall collect $30 per sample for nematode laboratory analysis.

(b) The department shall collect the following inspection fee for each acre of greenhouse grown or field grown vegetable plants for the issuance of a vegetable certificate:

(1) for the first five acres inspected in a field, $5.00 for each acre; and

(2) $1.00 for each additional acre inspected.

Source Note: The provisions of this §19.3 adopted to be effective September 2, 1996, 21 TexReg 7802; amended to be effective September 22, 1997, 22 TexReg 9242; amended to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 6813; amended to be effective November 13, 2006, 31 TexReg 9285; amended to be effective November 16, 2009, 34 TexReg 8028