Texas Agriculture Code

§ 41.021 — CERTIFIED ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT REFERENDUM AND ELECTION

AG § 41.021Title 3. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND PROMOTION · Ch. 41. COMMODITY PRODUCERS BOARDS · Art. C. REFERENDA AND ELECTIONS

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In accordance with this subchapter and the rules of the commissioner, a certified organization may conduct a referendum of the producers of an agricultural commodity on the proposition of whether or not the producers shall levy an assessment on themselves to finance programs of research, disease and insect control, predator control, education, and promotion designed to encourage the production, marketing, and use of the commodity. At the same time, the certified organization may conduct an election of members to a commodity producers board for the commodity.

Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1083, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.