| (a) The commissioner shall certify farmers markets
in accordance with this subchapter. Upon certification of a farmers
market, the commissioner shall issue a farmers market certificate.
Certified farmers markets agree to comply with local municipal, county
and state health and safety regulations, and general requirements
of the department.
(b) An annual certification fee will be assessed to
all markets with their application. The fee will be based on the number
of weeks per year the market operates. The number of weeks is calculated
on a seven-day (Sunday-Saturday) basis. For any single or multiple
days of operation that fall within a week, the week shall count toward
the number of weeks of operation. Fees will be as follows:
(1) 1-26 weeks per year - $50, for markets that are
not members of the department's GO TEXAN program, set out in Subchapter
C of this chapter (relating to GO TEXAN Certification Mark), and $25
for markets that are members of the department's GO TEXAN program;
(2) 27-52 weeks per year - $100, for markets that are
not members of the department's GO TEXAN program and $50 for markets
that are current members of the department's GO TEXAN program.
(c) Farmers markets who are not members of the department's
GO TEXAN program, with multiple locations, will be assessed a certification
fee of $25 per additional location over and above the fee associated
with the initial certified location. If a farmers market is a member
of the GO TEXAN program, the fee for each additional location is $12.50.
The fee for each additional location is not dependent on the number
of weeks of operation.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §17.71 adopted to be effective April 3, 1989, 14 TexReg 1457; amended to be effective March 21, 1996, 21 TexReg 2072; amended to be effective September 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 5353; amended to be effective February 2, 2023, 48 TexReg 347 |
