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TITLE 4AGRICULTURE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 23COMMODITY PRODUCERS BOARDS
SUBCHAPTER AGENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVISION 2REFERENDA AND ELECTIONS
RULE §23.21Hearing Required for Certification

Within 21 days of the hearing required by Texas Agriculture Code, Chapter 41, Subchapter B to consider the petition of a nonprofit organization for certification as the organization authorized to conduct an assessment referendum and an election of a commodity producers board, the Commissioner may:

  (1) certify the organization by issuing an official certificate;

  (2) ask for additional information; or

  (3) deny certification in writing. If certification is denied, the organization must wait 120 days before petitioning the Commissioner again.


Source Note: The provisions of this §23.21 adopted to be effective November 5, 2017, 42 TexReg 6002; amended to be effective April 19, 2023, 48 TexReg 1953

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