Tex.
Agric. Code Section 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 (Structural Pest Control), Occupations Code; and(2)
inspect and review any record maintained by a person engaged in any activity regulated under this chapter or Chapter 1951 (Structural Pest Control), 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 (Structural Pest Control), 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.
Source:
Section 76.151 — Entry Power, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.76.htm#76.151
(accessed Apr. 13, 2024).