TITLE 4.AGRICULTURE

Part 1. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Chapter 7. PESTICIDES

Subchapter E. REGULATED HERBICIDES

4 TAC §7.52, §7.53

The Texas Department of Agriculture (the department) adopts amendments to §7.52 concerning counties regulated and §7.53 concerning county special provisions for the use of regulated herbicides, without changes to the proposal published in the February 18, 2005, issue of the Texas Register (30 TexReg 783). The amendments are adopted to make changes to the regulations necessitated by an order entered by the county commissioners court of a county subject to the regulations.

The amendment to §7.52 will add Moore County to the list of counties regulated. The amendment to §7.53 will make changes to the county special provisions by adding county special provisions for Moore County.

No comments were received on the proposal.

The amendments to §7.52 and §7.53 are adopted under the Texas Agriculture Code (the Code) §76.144, which provides the department with the authority to adopt rules concerning the use of regulated herbicides in a county in which the commissioners court has entered an order in accordance with the Code §76.144(a).

This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 5, 2005.

TRD-200502738

Dolores Alvarado Hibbs

Deputy General Counsel

Texas Department of Agriculture

Effective date: July 25, 2005

Proposal publication date: February 18, 2005

For further information, please call: (512) 463-4075