RULES

(a) In addition to other rules necessary for the protection of agricultural and horticultural interests, the department may adopt rules that: (1) prevent the selling, moving, or transporting of any plant, plant product, or substance that is found to be infested or found to be from a quarantined area; (2) provide for the destruction of trees or fruits; (3) provide for the cleaning or treatment of orchards; (4) provide for methods of storage; (5) prevent entry into a pest-free zone of any plant, plant product, or substance found to be dangerous to the agricultural and horticultural interests of the zone; (6) provide for the maintenance of a host-free period in which certain fruits are not allowed to ripen; (7) provide for specific treatment of a grove or orchard or of infested or infected plants, plant products, or substances; or (8) provide for a program to manage or eradicate exotic citrus diseases, including citrus canker and citrus greening. (b) Rules adopted under Subsection (a)(8) shall establish, based on scientific evidence, when a healthy but suspect citrus plant must be destroyed, and may provide for compensation to an owner of a plant destroyed under this subsection.