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TITLE 4AGRICULTURE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 3BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER CPROHIBITION OF PLANTING OF COTTON
RULE §3.50Statement of Authority and Purpose

The Texas Agriculture Code (the Code), Chapter 74, Subchapter D, provides that it is a necessity to establish a cotton pest eradication program for Texas in order to suppress and eradicate the boll weevil and the pink bollworm. The Code, §74.1011, provides that the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc. (the foundation) shall be recognized by the Texas Department of Agriculture (the department) as the entity to plan, carry out, and operate eradication and diapause programs to eliminate the boll weevil and the pink bollworm from cotton in the state under the supervision of the department. The Code, §74.118, provides the department with the authority to prohibit the planting of cotton in an eradication zone. The department is authorized to destroy cotton that is not in compliance with the department's rules regarding areas where cotton may not be planted, in accordance with the Code, §§74.118 and 74.1119.


Source Note: The provisions of this §3.50 adopted to be effective February 14, 1994, 19 TexReg 715; amended to be effective August 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 6891; amended to be effective May 19, 1998, 23 TexReg 4901.

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