Sec. 76.151. ENTRY POWER. (a) The department, at any time and without notice during regular business hours, may:
(1) enter and inspect a building or place owned, controlled, or operated by a person engaged in any activity regulated under this chapter or Chapter 1951, Occupations Code; and
(2) inspect and review any record maintained by a person engaged in any activity regulated under this chapter or Chapter 1951, Occupations Code.
(a-1) The department may enter and inspect a building or place or inspect and review any record under Subsection (a) as necessary to:
(1) ensure compliance with this chapter or Chapter 1951, Occupations Code; or
(2) investigate a complaint made to the department.
(b) A regulatory agency is entitled to enter any public or private premises at reasonable times to:
(1) inspect any equipment authorized or required to be inspected under this chapter or to inspect the premises on which the equipment is kept or stored;
(2) inspect or sample land exposed or reported to be exposed to a pesticide;
(3) inspect an area where a pesticide is disposed of or stored; or
(4) observe the use and application of a restricted-use or state-limited-use pesticide or regulated herbicide.
(c) If a regulatory agency is denied access to any land to which access was sought at a reasonable time for any of the purposes listed in Subsection (b) of this section, the head of the regulatory agency may apply to a magistrate for a warrant authorizing access to the land for any of those purposes. On a showing of probable cause to believe that a violation of a rule relating to a purpose listed in Subsection (b) of this section has occurred, the magistrate shall issue the search warrant for the purposes requested.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1203, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1369, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 6.06, eff. September 1, 2009.
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