Texas Statutes
Agriculture Code
Title 3 - Agricultural Research and Promotion

Section 41.021. Certified Organization to Conduct Referendum and Election - Sec. 41.021. CERTIFIED ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT REFERENDUM AND ELECTION. In...

Section 41.022. Rules of Commissioner - Sec. 41.022. RULES OF COMMISSIONER. In order to ensure efficient...

Section 41.023. Notice of Referendum and Election - Sec. 41.023. NOTICE OF REFERENDUM AND ELECTION. (a) The certified...

Section 41.024. Basis of Referendum and Election; Eligible Voters - Sec. 41.024. BASIS OF REFERENDUM AND ELECTION; ELIGIBLE VOTERS. (a)...

Section 41.025. Candidates for Board; Write-in Votes - Sec. 41.025. CANDIDATES FOR BOARD; WRITE-IN VOTES. (a) Any producer...

Section 41.026. Preparation and Distribution of Ballot - Sec. 41.026. PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BALLOT. (a) The certified...

Section 41.027. Expenses of Election - Sec. 41.027. EXPENSES OF ELECTION. The certified organization is responsible...

Section 41.028. Exemptions for Producers - Sec. 41.028. EXEMPTIONS FOR PRODUCERS. The original referendum and subsequent...

Section 41.029. Void Ballots - Sec. 41.029. VOID BALLOTS. (a) In any contest of an...

Section 41.030. Findings of Commissioner - Sec. 41.030. FINDINGS OF COMMISSIONER. On receiving the report of...

Section 41.031. Certification of Results - Sec. 41.031. CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS. If the commissioner finds that...

Section 41.032. Subsequent Board Elections - Sec. 41.032. SUBSEQUENT BOARD ELECTIONS. A commodity producers board shall...

Section 41.033. Election of Board From Districts - Sec. 41.033. ELECTION OF BOARD FROM DISTRICTS. (a) In accordance...

Section 41.034. Elections to Add New Territory - Sec. 41.034. ELECTIONS TO ADD NEW TERRITORY. (a) Producers of...

Subchapter D. Organization, Powers, and Duties of Boards

Section 41.051. Board Established - Sec. 41.051. BOARD ESTABLISHED. If the commissioner certifies adoption of...

Section 41.052. State Agency - Sec. 41.052. STATE AGENCY. (a) Each board is a state...

Section 41.053. Organizational Meeting; Terms of Office - Sec. 41.053. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING; TERMS OF OFFICE. (a) On receiving...

Section 41.054. Officers; Bond - Sec. 41.054. OFFICERS; BOND. (a) The board shall elect from...

Section 41.055. Vacancy - Sec. 41.055. VACANCY. The board shall fill any vacancy on...

Section 41.056. Majority Vote Requirement - Sec. 41.056. MAJORITY VOTE REQUIREMENT. A majority vote of all...

Section 41.057. Compensation - Sec. 41.057. COMPENSATION. Members of the board serve without compensation...

Section 41.058. Powers and Duties - Sec. 41.058. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The board may employ...

Section 41.059. Budget; Annual Report; Audits - Sec. 41.059. BUDGET; ANNUAL REPORT; AUDITS. (a) The board shall...

Section 41.060. Depository Bank; Expenditure of Funds - Sec. 41.060. DEPOSITORY BANK; EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. (a) The secretary-treasurer...

Section 41.061. Meetings by Telephone Conference Call - Sec. 41.061. MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL. (a) Notwithstanding Chapter...

Subchapter E. Assessments

Section 41.081. Collection of Assessment - Sec. 41.081. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT. (a) The processor at a...

Section 41.082. Producer Exemption - Sec. 41.082. PRODUCER EXEMPTION. (a) A producer may exempt his...

Section 41.083. Producer Refunds - Sec. 41.083. PRODUCER REFUNDS. (a) A producer who has paid...

Section 41.084. Increase of Assessment - Sec. 41.084. INCREASE OF ASSESSMENT. At any biennial board election,...

Section 41.085. Discontinuance of Assessment - Sec. 41.085. DISCONTINUANCE OF ASSESSMENT. (a) If 10 percent or...

Subchapter F. Remedies and Penalties

Section 41.101. Failure to Remit Assessment - Sec. 41.101. FAILURE TO REMIT ASSESSMENT. (a) The board may...

Section 41.1011. Action by Department - Sec. 41.1011. ACTION BY DEPARTMENT. (a) On receipt of a...

Section 41.102. Suspension or Revocation of License - Sec. 41.102. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE. In addition to...

Section 41.103. General Penalty - Sec. 41.103. GENERAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense...

Section 41.104. Use of Funds for Political Activity - Sec. 41.104. USE OF FUNDS FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITY. (a) A...

Subchapter G. Suspension of Activities of Certain Boards

Section 41.125. Inactive Status - Sec. 41.125. INACTIVE STATUS. (a) The Texas Mohair Producers Board...

Section 41.126. Powers and Duties - Sec. 41.126. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) A board listed in...

Section 41.127. Reactivation - Sec. 41.127. REACTIVATION. (a) The commissioner shall order the reactivation...

Section 41.128. Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board - Sec. 41.128. TEXAS GRAIN PRODUCER INDEMNITY BOARD. (a) The Texas...

Subchapter H. Texas Beef Marketing, Education, Research, and Promotion

Section 41.151. Definitions - Sec. 41.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Beef products" means...

Section 41.152. Declaration of Policy - Sec. 41.152. DECLARATION OF POLICY. (a) The legislature intends that...

Section 41.153. Administrative Costs - Sec. 41.153. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. The department may recover costs for...

Section 41.154. Annual Report - Sec. 41.154. ANNUAL REPORT. The council shall deliver to the...

Section 41.155. Conflict With General Commodity Law Provisions - Sec. 41.155. CONFLICT WITH GENERAL COMMODITY LAW PROVISIONS. To the...

Section 41.156. Council Members - Sec. 41.156. COUNCIL MEMBERS. (a) A member of the council...

Section 41.1565. Meetings by Telephone Conference Call - Sec. 41.1565. MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL. (a) Notwithstanding Chapter...

Section 41.157. General Powers of Council - Sec. 41.157. GENERAL POWERS OF COUNCIL. The council may take...

Section 41.1571. State Beef Check Off Program - Sec. 41.1571. STATE BEEF CHECK OFF PROGRAM. The council may...

Section 41.158. Donations - Sec. 41.158. DONATIONS. The council may accept gifts, donations, and...

Section 41.159. Borrowing - Sec. 41.159. BORROWING. The council may borrow money on approval...

Section 41.160. Assessments; Applicability of Other Law - Sec. 41.160. ASSESSMENTS; APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. (a) The commissioner,...

Section 41.161. Financial Oversight - Sec. 41.161. FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT. (a) The commissioner shall annually review...

Section 41.162. Conduct of Referendum; Balloting - Sec. 41.162. CONDUCT OF REFERENDUM; BALLOTING. (a) On the recommendation...

Section 41.163. Rules - Sec. 41.163. RULES. The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary...

Section 41.164. Penalties - Sec. 41.164. PENALTIES. (a) A person who violates this subchapter...

Subchapter I. Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board

Section 41.201. Definitions - Sec. 41.201. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the...

Section 41.202. Declaration of Policy - Sec. 41.202. DECLARATION OF POLICY. (a) The legislature intends for...

Section 41.203. Conflict With General Commodity Law Provisions - Sec. 41.203. CONFLICT WITH GENERAL COMMODITY LAW PROVISIONS. To the...

Section 41.2035. Fund - Sec. 41.2035. FUND. (a) The grain producer indemnity fund is...

Section 41.204. Board - Sec. 41.204. BOARD. (a) The board is composed of: (1)...

Section 41.205. Powers and Duties of Board - Sec. 41.205. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD. (a) The board...

Section 41.206. Collection of Assessment - Sec. 41.206. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 41.207. Assessments; Applicability of Other Law - Sec. 41.207. ASSESSMENTS; APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. (a) An assessment...

Section 41.208. Initiation of Claim - Sec. 41.208. INITIATION OF CLAIM. (a) A grain producer who...

Section 41.209. Payment of Claim - Sec. 41.209. PAYMENT OF CLAIM. (a) After a claim is...

Section 41.210. Reimbursement of Board by Grain Buyer; Subrogation of Rights; Reinsurance - Sec. 41.210. REIMBURSEMENT OF BOARD BY GRAIN BUYER; SUBROGATION OF...

Section 41.211. Rules - Sec. 41.211. RULES. Except as provided by Section 41.212, the...

Section 41.212. Referendum; Balloting - Sec. 41.212. REFERENDUM; BALLOTING. (a) The commissioner shall conduct a...

Section 41.213. Notice of Referendum - Sec. 41.213. NOTICE OF REFERENDUM. (a) The commissioner shall give...

Section 41.2145. Refund of Assessments - Sec. 41.2145. REFUND OF ASSESSMENTS. (a) A grain producer who...

Section 41.215. Annual Report - Sec. 41.215. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The board shall submit a...

Section 41.216. Administrative Review - Sec. 41.216. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. (a) The board by rule shall...

Chapter 43 - County and Railway Agricultural Experiment Farms and Stations and County Demonstration Work

Subchapter A. County Experiment Stations

Section 43.001. Definitions - Sec. 43.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Director" means the...

Section 43.002. Establishment - Sec. 43.002. ESTABLISHMENT. In accordance with this subchapter, the commissioners...

Section 43.003. Petition and Election Order - Sec. 43.003. PETITION AND ELECTION ORDER. (a) If a number...

Section 43.004. Application of General Election Law - Sec. 43.004. APPLICATION OF GENERAL ELECTION LAW. Except as otherwise...

Section 43.005. Election Ballot - Sec. 43.005. ELECTION BALLOT. The ballot shall be printed to...

Section 43.006. Election Returns - Sec. 43.006. ELECTION RETURNS. The election officers shall certify to...

Section 43.007. Acquisition of Property - Sec. 43.007. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. (a) The commissioners court shall...

Section 43.008. Location - Sec. 43.008. LOCATION. The experiment station shall be located at...

Section 43.009. Supervision - Sec. 43.009. SUPERVISION. (a) The experiment station shall be operated...

Section 43.010. Supplies and Improvements - Sec. 43.010. SUPPLIES AND IMPROVEMENTS. The commissioners court shall supply...

Section 43.011. Labor - Sec. 43.011. LABOR. With the advice and approval of the...

Section 43.012. Records - Sec. 43.012. RECORDS. The director shall keep a complete and...

Section 43.013. Annual Report - Sec. 43.013. ANNUAL REPORT. The director shall make an annual...

Section 43.014. Public Inspection and Information - Sec. 43.014. PUBLIC INSPECTION AND INFORMATION. (a) The director shall...

Section 43.015. Sale of Products - Sec. 43.015. SALE OF PRODUCTS. (a) In accordance with the...

Section 43.016. Expenses - Sec. 43.016. EXPENSES. On warrants drawn by the director and...

Section 43.017. Lease of Station - Sec. 43.017. LEASE OF STATION. (a) The commissioners court may...

Subchapter B. County Demonstration Work

Section 43.031. Demonstration Work - Sec. 43.031. DEMONSTRATION WORK. The commissioners court of any county...

Section 43.032. Terms of Agreement With Texas a & M University - Sec. 43.032. TERMS OF AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS A & M...

Section 43.033. Expenses - Sec. 43.033. EXPENSES. The commissioners court may employ any means...

Subchapter C. Railway Experiment Farms

Section 43.051. Establishment - Sec. 43.051. ESTABLISHMENT. For the purpose of aiding in the...

Section 43.052. Method of Acquisition - Sec. 43.052. METHOD OF ACQUISITION. A railway corporation may acquire...

Section 43.053. Number and Acreage Limitations - Sec. 43.053. NUMBER AND ACREAGE LIMITATIONS. (a) A farm, orchard,...

Chapter 44 - Agricultural Diversification and Microenterprise Support Programs

Section 44.001. Definitions - Sec. 44.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Eligible lending institution"...

Section 44.002. Creation of Microenterprise Programs - Sec. 44.002. CREATION OF MICROENTERPRISE PROGRAMS. The board shall create...

Section 44.0045. Microenterprise Support Program Loans - Sec. 44.0045. MICROENTERPRISE SUPPORT PROGRAM LOANS. (a) The board shall...

Section 44.007. Interest Rate Reduction Program - Sec. 44.007. INTEREST RATE REDUCTION PROGRAM. (a) The board shall...

Section 44.008. Compliance - Sec. 44.008. COMPLIANCE. (a) On accepting a linked deposit, an...

Section 44.009. State Liability Prohibited - Sec. 44.009. STATE LIABILITY PROHIBITED. The state is not liable...

Section 44.010. Limitations in Program - Sec. 44.010. LIMITATIONS IN PROGRAM. (a) At any one time,...

Section 44.012. Money for Loans - Sec. 44.012. MONEY FOR LOANS. The board may accept gifts...

Section 44.013. Rural Microenterprise Development Fund - Sec. 44.013. RURAL MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND. The rural microenterprise development...

Chapter 44A - Urban Farm Microenterprise Support Program

Section 44A.001. Definitions - Sec. 44A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the...

Section 44A.002. Creation of Urban Farm Microenterprise Support Program - Sec. 44A.002. CREATION OF URBAN FARM MICROENTERPRISE SUPPORT PROGRAM. (a)...

Section 44A.003. Urban Farm Microenterprise Support Program Loans - Sec. 44A.003. URBAN FARM MICROENTERPRISE SUPPORT PROGRAM LOANS. (a) On...

Section 44A.004. Money for Loans - Sec. 44A.004. MONEY FOR LOANS. The board may accept gifts...

Section 44A.005. Urban Farm Microenterprise Development Fund - Sec. 44A.005. URBAN FARM MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND. The urban farm...

Chapter 45 - Texas-Israel Exchange Research Program

Section 45.001. Legislative Findings; Purpose - Sec. 45.001. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PURPOSE. (a) The legislature finds that...

Section 45.002. Definition - Sec. 45.002. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "applied research" means the...

Section 45.005. General Functions, Powers, and Duties - Sec. 45.005. GENERAL FUNCTIONS, POWERS, AND DUTIES. (a) The department...

Section 45.007. Financing - Sec. 45.007. FINANCING. (a) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg.,...

Chapter 46 - "Go Texan" Partner Program

Section 46.001. Findings - Sec. 46.001. FINDINGS. The legislature finds that this state needs...

Section 46.002. Definition - Sec. 46.002. DEFINITION. In this chapter "Texas agricultural product" means...

Section 46.003. General Authority - Sec. 46.003. GENERAL AUTHORITY. The Texas Department of Agriculture shall...

Section 46.004. Eligible Applicant - Sec. 46.004. ELIGIBLE APPLICANT. An eligible applicant must be: (1)...

Section 46.005. Department Powers and Duties - Sec. 46.005. DEPARTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES. The department shall administer...

Section 46.006. Requirements for Participation - Sec. 46.006. REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION. To be eligible for participation...

Section 46.007. Project Requests - Sec. 46.007. PROJECT REQUESTS. (a) A project request submitted by...

Section 46.008. "Go Texan" Partner Program Account - Sec. 46.008. "GO TEXAN" PARTNER PROGRAM ACCOUNT. (a) The "Go...

Section 46.009. Use of Funds - Sec. 46.009. USE OF FUNDS. (a) Funds received under this...

Section 46.0095. Sale of Promotional Items or Program Merchandise - Sec. 46.0095. SALE OF PROMOTIONAL ITEMS OR PROGRAM MERCHANDISE. (a)...

Section 46.011. Criteria for Allocation of Funds - Sec. 46.011. CRITERIA FOR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. The department shall...

Section 46.012. Rulemaking Authority - Sec. 46.012. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. The department shall adopt rules to...

Section 46.013. Administrative Penalties; Civil Penalties; Injunctive Relief - Sec. 46.013. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES; CIVIL PENALTIES; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. (a) In...

Chapter 47 - Texas Shrimp Marketing Assistance Program

Section 47.051. Definitions - Sec. 47.051. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts...

Section 47.052. Program Established - Sec. 47.052. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. (a) The Texas shrimp marketing assistance...

Section 47.054. Program Staff - Sec. 47.054. PROGRAM STAFF. (a) The commissioner shall employ one...

Section 47.055. Promotion, Marketing, and Education - Sec. 47.055. PROMOTION, MARKETING, AND EDUCATION. The program shall promote...

Chapter 48 - Agricultural Projects in Certain Urban Schools

Section 48.001. Creation - Sec. 48.001. CREATION. (a) Consistent with this chapter, the department...

Section 48.002. Eligibility - Sec. 48.002. ELIGIBILITY. Subject to available funds, a public elementary...

Section 48.004. Report - Sec. 48.004. REPORT. A school or nonprofit organization that receives...

Section 48.005. Funds - Sec. 48.005. FUNDS. The department may solicit and accept gifts,...

Chapter 49 - Agricultural Technology Program

Section 49.001. Definitions - Sec. 49.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Agricultural crisis" means...

Section 49.002. Administration; Guidelines and Procedures - Sec. 49.002. ADMINISTRATION; GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES. (a) The department shall...

Section 49.003. Agricultural Technology Account - Sec. 49.003. AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNT. (a) The agricultural technology account...

Section 49.004. Use of Funds in Agricultural Technology Account - Sec. 49.004. USE OF FUNDS IN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNT. (a)...

Section 49.005. Progress Reports - Sec. 49.005. PROGRESS REPORTS. An institution receiving funds under this...

Chapter 50 - Agriculture and Wildlife Research Program

Section 50.001. Program - Sec. 50.001. PROGRAM. The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station shall develop...

Section 50.002. Term of Award - Sec. 50.002. TERM OF AWARD. An award under Section 50.001...

Section 50.003. Funds - Sec. 50.003. FUNDS. The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station may solicit...

Section 50.004. Annual Accounting - Sec. 50.004. ANNUAL ACCOUNTING. The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station shall...

Chapter 50A - Texas Food for Health Advisory Council

Section 50A.001. Purpose - Sec. 50A.001. PURPOSE. The purpose of the Texas Food for...

Section 50A.002. Definition - Sec. 50A.002. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "council" means the Texas...

Section 50A.004. Composition - Sec. 50A.004. COMPOSITION. (a) The council is composed of the...

Section 50A.005. Terms - Sec. 50A.005. TERMS. Members of the council serve staggered six-year...

Section 50A.006. Presiding Officer - Sec. 50A.006. PRESIDING OFFICER. The commissioner of public health and...

Section 50A.007. Meetings - Sec. 50A.007. MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least once...

Section 50A.008. Staff; Administration - Sec. 50A.008. STAFF; ADMINISTRATION. (a) The council is administratively attached...

Section 50A.009. Applicable Law - Sec. 50A.009. APPLICABLE LAW. The council is subject to the...

Section 50A.010. Duties - Sec. 50A.010. DUTIES. (a) The council shall: (1) adopt procedures...

Section 50A.011. Finances - Sec. 50A.011. FINANCES. (a) The council may accept, for the...

Section 50A.012. Reporting - Sec. 50A.012. REPORTING. (a) The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station shall...

Section 50A.013. Department of Agriculture - Sec. 50A.013. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The Department of Agriculture shall...

Chapter 50B - Texas Wine Industry Development Act

Section 50B.001. Findings and Purpose - Sec. 50B.001. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. The legislature finds that: (1)...

Section 50B.0025. Annual Plan and Budget - Sec. 50B.0025. ANNUAL PLAN AND BUDGET. Not later than November...

Section 50B.003. Wine Industry Development Fund - Sec. 50B.003. WINE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT FUND. (a) The wine industry...

Chapter 50C - Texas Organic Agricultural Industry Advisory Board

Section 50C.001. Definition - Sec. 50C.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "board" means the Texas...

Section 50C.002. Composition - Sec. 50C.002. COMPOSITION. (a) The board is composed of the...

Section 50C.003. Duties - Sec. 50C.003. DUTIES.The board shall: (1) assist the department in:...

Section 50C.004. Meetings - Sec. 50C.004. MEETINGS. The board shall meet at least once...

Section 50C.005. Staff - Sec. 50C.005. STAFF. The board is administratively attached to the...

Chapter 50D - Texas Olive Oil Industry Advisory Board

Section 50D.001. Definition - Sec. 50D.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "board" means the Texas...

Section 50D.002. Board - Sec. 50D.002. BOARD. (a) The board is composed of the...

Section 50D.003. Duties - Sec. 50D.003. DUTIES. The board shall: (1) assist the department...

Section 50D.004. Meetings - Sec. 50D.004. MEETINGS. The board shall meet twice each year...

Section 50D.005. Staff - Sec. 50D.005. STAFF. The board is administratively attached to the...

Chapter 50E - Texas Youth Livestock Show Grant Program

Section 50E.001. Texas Youth Livestock Show Grant Program - Sec. 50E.001. TEXAS YOUTH LIVESTOCK SHOW GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The...

Section 50E.002. Texas Youth Livestock Show Fund - Sec. 50E.002. TEXAS YOUTH LIVESTOCK SHOW FUND. (a) The Texas...

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