(1) The Commissioner may:
(a) Designate one (1) or more areas of this state as elimination zones where boll weevil eradication programs will be undertaken;
(b) Designate areas within the elimination zone where commercial and noncommercial cotton is prohibited from being planted;
(c) Require all commercial cotton growers within an elimination zone to participate in a boll weevil eradication program; or (d) Destroy cotton being grown in prohibited areas of an elimination zone, and assess the grower for the costs incurred for the destruction.
(2) Notice of the designation of an elimination zone shall be given by publication for one (1) day each week for three (3) successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the affected area.