The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) Board--The board of directors of the Texas Boll
Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc.
(2) Boll weevil--The meaning assigned by Texas Agriculture
Code, §74.002.
(3) Central collection point--All cotton warehouses,
cotton compresses, and other venues collecting harvested and ginned
cotton that was produced within a maintenance area, as described and
defined in these rules. "Central collection point" shall include a
cotton gin only when:
(A) the cotton in question ships directly from the
gin to a user or exporter of cotton, and is not stored at a domestic
warehouse or compress, and then only for those bales that ship directly;
or
(B) when a cotton gin agrees to serve as a central
collection point.
(4) Commissioner--The Commissioner of agriculture.
(5) Foundation--The Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation,
Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation.
(6) Department--The Texas Department of Agriculture.
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