Sec. 61.010. INSPECTION OF SEED. (a) At the time, place, and to the extent the department considers necessary, the department shall sample, inspect, analyze, and test agricultural and vegetable seed transported, sold, or offered or exposed for sale in this state for sowing purposes in order to determine if the seed is in compliance with this chapter. The department shall promptly notify of any violation the person who transported, sold, or offered or exposed the seed for sale.
(b) The department shall adopt rules governing the methods of sampling, inspection, analysis, and testing and the tolerances to be allowed in the administration of this chapter. The rules adopted shall be in general accord with officially prescribed practice in interstate commerce.
(c) In order to gain access to seed or to records from authorized personnel, the department is entitled to enter any public or private premises during regular business hours or any land, water, or air conveyance at any time when the conveyance is accessible.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1129, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
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