Sec. 102.158. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE. (a) A marketing agreement or license may authorize the department to select and define the powers and duties of one or more administrative committees to administer the program.

(b) The department may authorize an administrative committee to:

(1) administer the license in accordance with its terms and provisions;

(2) adopt rules to effectuate the terms and provisions of the license;

(3) receive, investigate, and report to the department complaints of violations of the license;

(4) recommend to the department amendments to the license; and

(5) collect assessments in accordance with Section 102.159 of this code.

(c) The department may require an administrative committee to file reports of the activities and proceedings of the committee.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1269, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.