Sec. 80.004. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The commissioner may appoint an advisory committee for an existing pest management zone or an area of the state that is to be considered by the commissioner for designation as or inclusion in a pest management zone. The committee shall gather advice, input, and guidance from citrus producers from the area represented by the committee concerning the interest in and concerns about the implementation of this chapter.
(b) Each advisory committee may consider and make recommendations to the commissioner and the corporation concerning:
(1) the geographic boundaries for a proposed pest management zone;
(2) the amount of local interest in operating a suppression program;
(3) the basis and amount of an assessment necessary to support a suppression program;
(4) ongoing implementation of a suppression program approved by growers in a pest management zone; and
(5) any other matter requested by the commissioner or the corporation.
(c) Each advisory committee appointed under this section must include a sufficient number of citrus producers to ensure adequate representation across the pest management zone and other persons as determined by the commissioner.
(d) An advisory committee established under this section is subject to Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 10.01, eff. September 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products
Subtitle B - Horticultural Diseases and Pests
Chapter 80 - Official Citrus Producers' Pest and Disease Management Corporation
Section 80.001. Findings and Declaration of Policy
Section 80.002. Designation of Entity to Carry Out Citrus Pest and Disease Control and Suppression
Section 80.004. Advisory Committees
Section 80.005. Creation of Pest Management Zones
Section 80.006. Pest Management Zone Referenda
Section 80.007. Board Elections
Section 80.008. Composition of Board
Section 80.009. Powers of Board and Commissioner
Section 80.011. Administrative Review
Section 80.013. Board Member Compensation
Section 80.015. Assessment Referenda
Section 80.016. Conduct of Board Elections and Referenda; Balloting
Section 80.017. Payment of Assessments; Assessment Liens
Section 80.018. Exemption From Assessment Penalties
Section 80.019. Entry of Premises; Suppression Activities; Inspections
Section 80.022. Authority to Adopt Rules
Section 80.024. Documenting Regulated Articles
Section 80.025. Cooperative Programs Authorized
Section 80.026. Organic Citrus Producers
Section 80.028. Dissolution Provision
Section 80.030. Exemption From Taxation