Texas Agriculture Code

§ 74.1042 — CREATION OF NONSTATUTORY ERADICATION ZONES

AG § 74.1042Title 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 by rule designate an area of the state as a proposed eradication zone as long as the area is not within a statutory zone under Section 74.1021 that has approved an eradication program by referendum.

(b)The commissioner may hold a public hearing within the proposed eradication zone to discuss the proposed geographic boundaries of the zone. The public hearing may include any other topics allowed under this subchapter.

(c)After the adoption of a rule under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall conduct a referendum under Section 74.105.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 463, Sec. 1.05, eff. May 30, 1997.