Sec. 64.005. ARBITRATION BOARD. (a) The State Seed and Plant Board, as constituted under Section 62.002 of this code, is the board of arbitration for complaints filed under this chapter.
(b) As a board of arbitration, the State Seed and Plant Board shall conduct arbitration as provided by this chapter. The arbitration board may be called into session by the commissioner or the chairman of the State Seed and Plant Board to consider matters referred to the arbitration board by the commissioner or the chairman.
(c) The State Seed and Plant Board shall also be given the authority to hire an outside arbitrator who is not an employee of the Department of Agriculture or a member of the arbitration board.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 604, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.
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