Texas Agriculture Code

§ 74.1041 — ADVISORY COMMITTEES

AG § 74.1041Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part B. HORTICULTURAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 74. COTTON DISEASES AND PESTS · Art. D. OFFICIAL COTTON GROWERS' BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION FOUNDATION

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(a)The commissioner may appoint an advisory committee for an existing eradication zone or an area of the state that is to be considered by the commissioner for designation as or inclusion in an eradication zone. The committee shall gather advice, input, and guidance from cotton growers from the area represented by the committee concerning the interest in and concerns about the implementation of this subchapter.

(b)Each advisory committee may consider and make recommendations to the commissioner and the foundation concerning:

(1)the geographic boundaries for a proposed eradication zone;

(2)the amount of local interest in operating an eradication program;

(3)the basis and amount of an assessment necessary to support an eradication program;

(4)the need to restructure any pre-existing debt from prior eradication activities;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 463, Sec. 1.05, eff. May 30, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 168, Sec. 1, eff. May 18, 2001.