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Texas Agriculture Code - Section 74.130. Use Of Bio-Intensive Controls

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§ 74.130. USE OF BIO-INTENSIVE CONTROLS.  (a)  The 
commissioner shall develop and adopt rules to allow a cotton grower 
in an eradication program to use biological, botanical, or other 
non-synthetic pest control methods.  In developing the rules, the 
commissioner shall consider:
		(1)  scientific studies and field trials of the 
effectiveness of a proposed alternative control method;
		(2)  the feasibility of using a proposed alternative 
control technique within a particular region;
		(3)  the degree of monitoring necessary to establish 
the success of the use of a proposed alternative control;  and
		(4)  methods to prevent the use of substances that 
would impede the use of alternative controls and the promotion of 
beneficial insect populations.
	(b)  A cotton grower that chooses to use an alternative 
method of control as provided in Subsection (a) shall notify the 
board.  The board and the cotton grower shall coordinate their 
actions to prevent the use of substances that would impede the use 
of alternative controls and the promotion of beneficial insect 
populations.
	(c)  The cotton grower shall pay any additional cost of 
bio-intensive control in addition to any assessment.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 463, § 1.25, eff. May 30, 
1997.       

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