Sec. 74.1011. DESIGNATION OF ENTITY TO CARRY OUT BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION. (a) The Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation chartered by the secretary of state on September 14, 1993, shall be recognized by the department as the entity to plan, carry out, and operate eradication and diapause programs to eliminate the boll weevil and the pink bollworm from cotton in the state under the supervision of the department as provided by this subchapter.
(b) The commissioner may terminate the foundation's designation as the entity recognized to carry out boll weevil eradication by giving 45 days' written notice to the foundation and by designating a successor entity. If the commissioner designates a successor to the foundation, the successor has all the powers and duties of the foundation under this subchapter. Any successor to the foundation shall assume and shall be responsible for all obligations and liabilities relating to any notes, security agreements, assignments, loan agreements, and any other contracts or other documents entered into by the foundation with or for the benefit of any financial institution or its predecessor, successor, or assignee.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 463, Sec. 1.02, eff. May 30, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products
Subtitle B - Horticultural Diseases and Pests
Chapter 74 - Cotton Diseases and Pests
Subchapter D. Official Cotton Growers' Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
Section 74.101. Findings and Declaration of Policy
Section 74.1011. Designation of Entity to Carry Out Boll Weevil Eradication
Section 74.1021. Statutory Zones
Section 74.1041. Advisory Committees
Section 74.1042. Creation of Nonstatutory Eradication Zones
Section 74.105. Eradication Zone Referenda
Section 74.106. Board Elections
Section 74.107. Composition of Board
Section 74.108. Powers of Board and Commissioner
Section 74.1091. Separation of Responsibilities
Section 74.1095. Administrative Review
Section 74.110. Liability of Foundation Members, Officers, and Employees
Section 74.1101. Liability of Applicators
Section 74.111. Board Member Compensation
Section 74.112. Discontinuation of Program and Foundation and Disposition of Funds on Discontinuance
Section 74.113. Assessment Referenda
Section 74.1135. Alternative Method of Assessments
Section 74.114. Conduct of Board Elections and Referenda; Balloting
Section 74.115. Payment of Assessments; Assessment Liens
Section 74.116. Exemption From Assessment Penalties
Section 74.117. Entry of Premises; Eradication Activities; Inspections
Section 74.120. Authority to Adopt Rules
Section 74.123. Documenting Regulated Articles
Section 74.124. Cooperative Programs Authorized
Section 74.125. Organic Cotton Growers
Section 74.127. Sunset Provision
Section 74.129. Exemption From Lawsuits, Liability, Taxation, and Legal Process