| (a) General. Quarantined articles originating from quarantined areas are prohibited entry into or through Texas, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section. (b) Exemptions. Cut greens, cut flowers, and soil free plants, including bare root plants, plant crowns, roots for propagation, bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes of plants washed free of adherent soil are exempted from the provisions of this subchapter. (c) Exceptions. Quarantined articles may enter Texas if: (1) accompanied by a certificate, issued by and bearing the signature of an authorized representative of the origin state's department of agriculture, certifying that such quarantined articles were inspected and found to be apparently free of European Brown Garden Snail; or (2) accompanied by a certificate authorized by a compliance agreement which: (A) is on file with the Texas
Department of Agriculture; (B) is issued by and under the signature of an authorized representative of the origin state's department of agriculture; (C) certifies that such shipper is currently certified to have a nursery, or growing area within a nursery, apparently free of infestation of the European Brown Garden Snail; and (D) requires inspection by an authorized representative of the origin state's department of agriculture on at least a semiannual basis. (3) accompanied by a certificate, issued by and under the signature of an authorized representative of the origin state's department of agriculture, certifying that such quarantined articles were treated with an approved molluscicide at the recommended rate; or (4) accompanied by a certificate, issued by and under the signature of an authorized representative of the origin state's department of
agriculture, certifying that the pest is not known to occur in the nursery or growing area from which the shipment originated.
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