Sec. 74.0031. COTTON STALK DESTRUCTION. (a) The department shall submit the recommendations of each administrative committee that governs a pest management zone under Section 74.003 to the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation. On review of the administrative committee recommendations, the foundation shall submit to the department an estimate of the amount by which the implementation of each recommendation would increase the cost of administering the boll weevil eradication program.
(b) The Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation shall:
(1) conduct a study of the effects of incomplete cotton stalk destruction and volunteer cotton control on boll weevil eradication activities; and
(2) submit annual recommendations to the department and the board of the foundation for a cotton stalk destruction deadline for each pest management zone.
(c) The Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation may consult with its technical advisory committee in fulfilling its duties under Subsection (b).
(d) The department shall set a cotton stalk destruction deadline for each pest management zone, with consideration given to the recommendations of the foundation and the applicable administrative committee submitted under Subsection (b).
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 178 (H.B. 1580), Sec. 2, eff. May 27, 2009.
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