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Texas Agriculture Code - Section 76.103. Program Contingent On Federal Funds

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§ 76.103. PROGRAM CONTINGENT ON FEDERAL FUNDS.  (a) The 
licensing of commercial applicators, noncommercial applicators, 
and private applicators is contingent on the availability of 
federal funds to pay part of the costs of administering and 
enforcing the program.
	(b)  If federal funds and other funds made available for this 
program are not sufficient to pay all costs of administering and 
enforcing the program, the department shall certify that fact and 
discontinue the licensing of commercial applicators, noncommercial 
applicators, and private applicators.  The department shall publish 
notice of the discontinuance of the program in the Texas Register.
	(c)  If sufficient funds become available after 
discontinuance, the department shall certify the availability of 
sufficient funds to pay all costs of administration and enforcement 
of the program and shall resume the licensing of commercial 
applicators, noncommercial applicators, and private applicators.  
The department shall publish notice of resumption of the program in 
the Texas Register.
	(d)  The department shall determine the effective date of 
discontinuance or resumption of the program, but the date may not be 
before the date of publication of notice in the Texas Register.
	(e)  During any period in which the program has been 
discontinued, a person is not required to have a license provided by 
this subchapter in order to use pesticides, but a person may be 
prosecuted for acts committed or omitted when the program was in 
effect.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1197, ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  
Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2589, ch. 693, § 2, eff. 
Sept. 1, 1981;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 230, § 88, eff. Sept. 1, 
1989;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1369, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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