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  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 12.006

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    The department must study market expansion and gather farmer-useful information about cotton and other agricultural or horticultural products.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.007

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    The department must investigate crop diseases and harmful insects, and supervise protection of fruit trees, shrubs, and plants as provided by law.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.010

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    The department must correspond with agriculture-related government bodies to gather information that will help agriculture in the state, and it may also correspond with foreign agriculture departments and U.S. representatives abroad.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.011

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    The department must collect and publish statistics and other information it considers beneficial for developing the state’s agricultural resources.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.013

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    The department may hire staff, and the commissioner must provide employee information, set up annual performance evaluations, create a career ladder program, maintain an equal employment opportunity policy, and send a biennial report to the legislature through the governor's office.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.0135

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    This section bars certain people from serving in specified department roles if they have ties to Texas agricultural trade associations or, for general counsel, if they must register as lobbyists.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.0144

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    The department must adopt by rule a fee schedule and, unless an activity is exempted in the General Appropriations Act, set fees to offset regulatory costs when feasible.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.0145

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    The department must include a proposed fee schedule in each legislative appropriations request to the Legislative Budget Board.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.015

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    The department must cooperate with Texas A&M University and the agricultural experiment stations on matters related to the state's agricultural and horticultural interests.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.0176

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    The department may, if resources are available, make a cooperative agreement with a commodity producers board to promote Texas agricultural products.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.0177

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    Certain collected amounts must be deposited into the Texas nursery and floral account, and the department may use money in that account only for grants promoting Texas nursery and floral industries or for administering this section.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.018

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    The department may test agricultural products and perform laboratory analyses on request, and it must set by rule the fee for each type of laboratory analysis.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.020

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    This section lets the department impose administrative penalties for certain violations and sets the notice, hearing, payment, and judicial review steps.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.0201

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    The department may sanction a license holder for certain violations, including revoking, suspending, modifying, refusing, penalizing, probation, or reprimand.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.0202

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    If the department seeks to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license, the affected person is entitled to a hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.0203

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    The commissioner must create a policy that encourages negotiated rulemaking and alternative dispute resolution, and must designate a trained person to help carry it out.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.0204

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    The department may create advisory committees, and if it does, it must adopt rules for how the committee works.

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    Agriculture Code § 12.0205

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    The department and the office of the attorney general must enter a memorandum of understanding to coordinate consumer protection enforcement.

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