General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature Page: 32
iii-xxiii, 270, xxxix, 1943 p. ; 25 cm.View a full description of this legislative document.
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58TH LEGISLATURE--REGULAR SESSION
(a) The skull and crossbones;
(b) The word "poison" prominently, in red, on a background of dis-
tinctly contrasting color; and
(c) A statement of an antidote for the economic pesticide.
(4) Any economic pesticide that is not distinctly colored or discolored
in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Commissioner shall
issue pursuant to this Act.
(5) Any economic pesticide which is adulterated or misbranded, or
any device which is misbranded.
B. It shall be unlawful:
(1) For any person to detach, alter, deface, or destroy, in whole or in
part, any label or labeling provided for in this Act or regulations promul-
gated hereunder, or to add any substance to, or take any substance from,
an economic pesticide in a manner that may defeat the purpose of this Act;
(2) For any person to use for his own advantage or to reveal, other
than to the Commissioner or proper officials or employees of the State or
to the courts of this State in response to a subpoena, or to physicians, or
in emergencies to pharmacists and other qualified persons, for use in the
preparation of antidotes, any information relative to formulas of products
acquired by authority of Section 4 of this Act.
Registration
Sec. 4. A. Every economic pesticide which is distributed, sold, or
offered for sale within this State or delivered for transportation or trans-
ported in intrastate commerce or between points within this State through
any point outside this State shall be registered in the office of the Commis-
sioner, and such registration shall expire August 31 of each year and shall
be renewed annually. The registrant shall file with the Commissioner a
statement including:
(1) The name and address of the registrant and the name and address
of the person whose name will appear on the label, if other than the regis-
trant;
(2) The name of the economic pesticide;
(3) A complete copy of the labeling accompanying the economic pesti-
cide and a statement of all claims to be made for it including directions for
use; and
(4) If requested by the Commissioner a full description of the tests
made and the results thereof upon which the claims are based. In the case
of renewal of registration, a statement shall be required only with respect
to information which is different from that furnished when the economic
pesticide was registered or last reregistered.
B. The registrant shall pay to the Commissioner an annual registra-
tion fee of Twenty Dollars ($20) for each economic pesticide registered
provided that:
(1) All registration fees collected by the Commissioner under this Act
shall be paid into the State Treasury by the Commissioner and placed by
the State Treasurer in the Special Department of Agriculture Fund, and
shall be used only for administrative and enforcement purposes of this
Act;
(2) Any registrant who is located outside the State of Texas but who
distributes economic pesticides in the State of Texas shall deposit with
the Commissioner an instrument in writing appointing a resident agent
within this State upon whom service may be had in actions filed by the
State or taken by the Commissioner in the administration or enforcement
of this Act.
(3) The Commissioner is authorized to cancel all registrations of any
registrant who fails to comply with the requirements of this Act.
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