| (a) The West Texas Maintenance Area shall consist of
the following eleven (11) existing contiguous eradication zones: El
Paso/Trans Pecos, Northern Rolling Plains, Northwest Plains, Panhandle,
Permian Basin, Rolling Plains Central, Southern High Plains/Caprock,
Southern Rolling Plains, Northern High Plains, St. Lawrence, and Western
High Plains.
(b) In each of the eleven (11) existing contiguous
eradication zones listed in subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner
has determined that:
(1) the boll weevil has been eradicated;
(2) the zone has satisfied any debt owed to the Foundation;
(3) the cotton grower steering committee for each zone
was consulted by the Foundation regarding the inclusion of the zone
in the West Texas maintenance area; and
(4) the Foundation board has requested that each zone
be included in the West Texas maintenance area.
(c) In order to support eradication efforts and to
prevent re-infestation in the eleven (11) eradication zones listed
in subsection (a) of this section, the following seven (7) additional
counties, contiguous to the existing eradication zones within the
West Texas Maintenance Area, but not previously included in an eradication
zone, are included in the West Texas Maintenance Area: Sterling, Sutton,
Edwards, Bandera, Real, Kimble, and Kerr.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §3.702 adopted to be effective January 20, 2015, 40 TexReg 326; amended to be effective January 8, 2017, 42 TexReg 11; amended to be effective September 26, 2023, 48 TexReg 5538 |
