Texas Agriculture Code Title 5, Chapter 80 - Official Citrus Producers' Pest And Disease Management Corporation
- Texas Section 80.001 - Findings And Declaration Of Policy
(a) The legislature finds that: (1) citrus pests and diseases, including the insect known as the Asian citrus psyllid and the disease known as citrus...
- Texas Section 80.002 - Designation Of Entity To Carry Out Citrus Pest And Disease Control And Suppression
(a) The Texas Citrus Pest and Disease Management Corporation, Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation, shall be recognized by the department as the entity to plan,...
- Texas Section 80.003 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the Texas Citrus Pest and Disease Management Corporation, Inc. (2) "Asian citrus psyllid" means...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 80.005 - Creation Of Pest Management Zones
(a) The commissioner by rule may designate an area of this state as a proposed pest management zone. (b) The commissioner may hold a public...
- Texas Section 80.006 - Pest Management Zone Referenda
(a) The commissioner shall conduct a referendum in each proposed pest management zone to determine whether citrus producers want to establish a pest management zone....
- Texas Section 80.007 - Board Elections
(a) The initial election for board members from a proposed pest management zone shall be held concurrently with a pest management zone referendum held under...
- Texas Section 80.008 - Composition Of Board
(a) The board is composed of members elected from each pest management zone established by referendum, members appointed by the commissioner from other citrus-growing areas...
- Texas Section 80.009 - Powers Of Board And Commissioner
(a) The board may: (1) conduct programs consistent with the declaration of policy stated in Section 80.001; (2) accept, as necessary to implement this chapter,...
- Texas Section 80.010 - Board Duties
(a) The board shall have an annual independent audit of the books, records of account, and minutes of proceedings maintained by the corporation prepared by...
- Texas Section 80.011 - Administrative Review
(a) The commissioner by rule shall establish procedures for the informal review and resolution of a claim arising out of certain acts taken by the...
- Texas Section 80.012 - Contracting
(a) For a purchase of goods and services under this chapter, the corporation may purchase goods and services that provide the best value for the...
- Texas Section 80.013 - Board Member Compensation
Board members serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 80.014 - Discontinuation Of Program And Corporation And Disposition Of Funds On Discontinuance
(a) On the determination by the corporation that the pest suppression program has been completed in all pest management zones established under this chapter, the...
- Texas Section 80.015 - Assessment Referenda
(a) The commissioner shall propose the assessment needed in each pest management zone to ensure the stability of the citrus industry by suppressing the public...
- Texas Section 80.016 - Conduct Of Board Elections And Referenda; Balloting
(a) The commissioner shall conduct a referendum or board election authorized under this chapter. (b) The corporation shall bear all expenses incurred in conducting a...
- Texas Section 80.017 - Payment Of Assessments; Assessment Liens
(a) A citrus producer who fails to pay an assessment levied under this chapter when due may be subject, after reasonable notice and opportunity for...
- Texas Section 80.018 - Exemption From Assessment Penalties
(a) The commissioner by rule shall adopt criteria to exempt from payment of an assessment penalty under Section 80.017 a citrus producer for whom payment...
- Texas Section 80.019 - Entry Of Premises; Suppression Activities; Inspections
The department, the corporation, or a designated representative of either entity may enter citrus groves or other premises to carry out the purposes of this...
- Texas Section 80.020 - Authority To Prohibit Planting Of Citrus And Require Participation In Suppression Program
(a) The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules regarding areas where citrus may not be planted in a pest management zone if there is reason to...
- Texas Section 80.021 - Authority For Destruction Or Treatment Of Citrus In Pest Management Zones; Compensation Payable
The department may destroy or treat, and establish procedures for the purchase and destruction of, citrus plants or hosts in pest management zones if the...
- Texas Section 80.022 - Authority To Adopt Rules
(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules to protect individuals, livestock, wildlife, and honeybee colonies on any premises in a pest management zone on which citrus...
- Texas Section 80.023 - Reports
Each person in an active pest management zone growing citrus in this state shall furnish to the corporation on forms supplied by the corporation information...
- Texas Section 80.024 - Documenting Regulated Articles
To implement this chapter, the department may issue or authorize issuance of: (1) a certificate that indicates that a regulated article is not infested with...
- Texas Section 80.025 - Cooperative Programs Authorized
(a) The corporation may carry out programs to destroy and manage pests in this state by cooperating through written agreements, as approved by the commissioner,...
- Texas Section 80.026 - Organic Citrus Producers
(a) The commissioner shall develop rules and procedures to: (1) protect the eligibility of organic citrus producers to be certified by the commissioner; (2) ensure...
- Texas Section 80.027 - Penalties
(a) A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter or who alters, forges, counterfeits, or uses without authority a certificate,...
- Texas Section 80.028 - Dissolution Provision
(a) The commissioner may order the dissolution of the corporation at any time the commissioner determines that the purposes of this chapter have been fulfilled...
- Texas Section 80.029 - Annual Report
The board shall issue to the commissioner and the appropriate oversight committee in the house of representatives an annual report detailing its efforts to carry...
- Texas Section 80.030 - Exemption From Taxation
All payments, contributions, funds, and assessments received or held by the corporation under this chapter are exempt from state or local taxation, levies, sales, and...
- Texas Section 80.031 - Use Of Bio-intensive Controls
(a) The commissioner shall develop and adopt rules to allow a citrus producer in a suppression program to use biological, botanical, or other nonsynthetic pest...
- Texas Section 80.032 - Venue
Venue for an action arising out of this chapter in which the corporation is a party is in Travis County. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
Last modified: September 28, 2016