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TITLE 4AGRICULTURE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 3BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER KMAINTENANCE PROGRAM
RULE §3.700Definitions

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.


Source Note: The provisions of this §3.700 adopted to be effective January 20, 2015, 40 TexReg 326

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