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Employment Law

(Provided by Tommy Simmons, TNLA Endorsed Employment Law Consultant)

Child Labor Law Poster:
Required Posters:
General labor law information page:
Especially for Texas Employers book:

Government Agencies

Alien Labor Certification
U.S. Citizensihip and Immigration Services (formerly INS)
Internal Revenue Service
Texas Workforce Commission
Texas Workforce Commission Publication: Especially for Employers
Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas Legislature Online
Texas Water Development Board
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Permits

Landscaping
Air Permits 512/239-1250
Air Permits by Rule 512/239-1250
Brush Disposal 512/239-2334
Industrial Wastewater and Stormwater Regulations 512/239-4671
Landscape Irrigator Licensing 512/239-6719
Nursery/Floral Inspection Certificate
Outdoor Burning 512/239-0400 (Select Option 2)
Pesticide Applicator
Petroleum Storage Tank Registration 512/239-2160
Private Well or Public Water System 512/239-4691
Underground Injection of "Gray Water" 512/239-2334
Yard Waste Disposal 512/239-2334

Nursery - Florist- Greenhouse
Air Permits by Rule 512/239-1250
Industrial Wastewater and Stormwater Regulations 512/239-4671
Nursery/Floral Inspection Certificate
Organic Certification
Pesticide Applicator License
Petroleum Storage Tank Registration 512/239-2160
Plant Waste Disposal 512/239-2334
Private Well or Public Water System 512/239-4691
Rose Grading

Taxation

Landscape Contractor Texas Tax Requirements
Nursery Producer (See Sec.11.16.Farm Products.and Sec. 11.161 Implements of Husbandry)
Attorney General's Opinion re: nursery producers & ad valorem taxes

Pest / Disease

Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphornia citri Kuwayama.
Cycad Aulacaspis Scale
IPM Funding
Integrated Pest Management
Pink hisbiscus mealybug sighted in Texas
P. Ramorum rule published
Whitefly Management Strategies (from ANLA 10/8/07)

Quarantines

P ramorum (Sudden Oak Death)
APHIS
Canada
Diaprepes

Citrus Greening
-Federal Domestic Quarantine Order Spring 2006
-Explanation of original quarantine order
-Quarantine Order September 2005
Texas Quarantines
Diaprepes Quarantine
Quarantine summaries: all states

Regulatory

Container Labeling Law [NOTE This publication says the law applies only to retailers. The law applies also to producers, but the producer can put the information on the invoice and does not need to label each container.]
H2-B Worker Petition Guidelines
Immigration: Re-Branded I-9 Form
Nursery-Floral Inspection Certificates
Pesticide Applicators Licensing Regulations
Pesticide Applicator Training
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Water Permits

Research

Texas Superstar

Universities

Safety

Water Issues

ET Information
Irrigators Network
Texas WaterWise Council
Water Permits
Drought Preparedness Package(3/30/06)

Weather

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