Texas Agriculture Code
§ 74.113 — ASSESSMENT REFERENDA
AG § 74.113Title 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
Statute text
View on source(a)The commissioner shall propose the assessment needed in each eradication zone to ensure the stability of the cotton industry by eradicating the public nuisance caused by the boll weevil and the pink bollworm.
(b)The commissioner shall propose in a referendum the:
(1)maximum assessment to be paid by cotton growers having production in the eradication zone; and
(2)time for which the assessment will be made.
(c)With the commissioner's approval, the foundation may make an assessment in an eradication zone at a level less than the assessment approved by the referendum.
(d)The commissioner shall conduct an assessment referendum under the procedures provided by Section 74.114.
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 178 (H.B. 1580), Sec. 4, eff. May 27, 2009. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 577 (S.B. 818), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.