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 27, 2004, issue of the
Texas Register
(29 TexReg 1752).
The amendments are adopted to make changes to the regulations necessitated
by orders entered by the county commissioner courts of counties subject to
the regulations. In addition the amendments will provide increased efficiency
and effectiveness in the use of regulated herbicides in regulated counties.
The amendments to §7.52 add Baylor county to the list of counties
regulated and remove Archer, Dimmit, Liberty, Orange and Rains counties from
the list of regulated counties.
The amendments to §7.53 make changes to the county special provisions
by removing the county special provisions for Archer, Dimmit and Liberty counties,
and will add county special provisions for Baylor County. The amendments also
modify the county special provisions for Brazoria, Brazos, Calhoun, Deaf Smith,
Fort Bend, Jackson, Matagorda, Refugio and Wharton Counties.
No comments were received on the proposal.
The amendments are adopted under the Texas Agriculture Code §76.144,
which provides that the Texas Department of Agriculture 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 Texas
Agriculture 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 April 2, 2004.
TRD-200402256
Dolores Alvarado Hibbs
Deputy General Counsel
Texas Department of Agriculture
Effective date: April 22, 2004
Proposal publication date: February 27, 2004
For further information, please call: (512) 463-4075