After determining that an infestation exists, the service shall give notice of the fact by:

1. (1) placing a notice in a newspaper or newspapers in the county or counties in which any infested land is located, or, if there is no newspaper in the county, placing a notice in a newspaper or newspapers with general circulation in the county or counties in which any infested land is located, stating its findings and setting a time and place for a hearing on the need for the control of the pest, to be held not less than 10 days from the date of the notice;
2. (2) mailing copies of the notice to owners of forest land known to the service to have holdings in the affected area; and
3. (3) arranging for publicity on the subject by all news media serving the affected area.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2648, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.