Agriculture Code § 72.024

Sec. 72.024. HOST-FREE PERIOD. (a) The department may adopt the host-free period adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture for Mexican fruit fly quarantine in this state. During a host-free period, host fruits may not be produced or permitted to remain on trees within a quarantined area. (b) All old crop fruit shall be removed from premises in a quarantined area at the beginning of an annual host-free period. (c) In addition to other fruits declared by the department to be host fruits, the following fruits are host fruits for the purpose of this chapter: (1) mangoes; (2) sapotas, including sapodillas, fruits of the family Sapotaceae and the genus Casimiroa, and all other fruits commonly called sapotas or sapotes; (3) peaches; (4) guavas; (5) apples; (6) pears; (7) plums; (8) quinces; (9) apricots; (10) mameys; (11) ciruelas; and (12) all citrus fruits, except lemons, sour limes, calamondin, and citrus fruit that, because of its stage of development during the host-free period, will mature during the period of the year not within the host-free period. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1167, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.