It is in the interest of the public welfare of the State of Texas that the producers of any agricultural commodity be permitted and encouraged to develop, carry out, and participate in programs of research, disease and insect control, predator control, education, indemnification, and promotion designed to encourage the production, marketing, and use of the agricultural commodity. The purpose of this chapter is to authorize and prescribe the necessary procedures by which the producers of an agricultural commodity grown in this state may finance those programs. The programs may be devised to alleviate any circumstance or condition that serves to impede the production, marketing, or use of any agricultural commodity.
Tex. Agric. Code § 41.001
POLICY
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission of Texas (2001)
Most recently applied in City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission of Texas (August 2001)
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1081, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.