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The department must collect an inspection fee for certain phytosanitation inspections, and it may issue a phytosanitary certificate after the inspection is completed.
The department may accept gifts, grants, and donations, and may use related money for public purposes tied to its duties.
The department must adopt a system so required registrations and licenses expire on different dates during the year, and it may adjust license terms to make expirations line up.
This section lets certain people renew a license or registration before or after expiration, with higher fees after expiration and a bar on renewal after one year.
The department must follow accessibility laws, and the commissioner must keep a written plan for giving non-English speakers reasonable access to the department’s programs and services.
The department must prepare public information about its functions and complaint process, make it available publicly and to appropriate state agencies, and set up ways to notify consumers and service recipients of the department’s contact details.
The department must maintain a complaint-handling system, keep related complaint information, publish its complaint investigation and resolution procedures, and periodically update complaint parties on status unless doing so would jeopardize an investigation.
The department must comply with Chapter 2001 of the Government Code.
The department must maintain an economic development program for rural areas and may take several actions to run it.
The commissioner must run a rural economic development financial assistance program using appropriated funds, and the department must adopt implementing rules.
The Texas economic development fund is a state treasury fund and is exempt from Section 403.095, Government Code.
The department may use fund money only for loans and grants under this section, and grant recipients must add matching funds. Loan terms and loan/grant amounts are capped, and the department must report to state leaders on a set schedule.
The department may not make rules that restrict competitive bidding or advertising, except rules against false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
The department must create and review policies to help minority and female-owned small businesses bid on its contracts and open-market purchases, and it must annually count those awards.
The department may provide and sell agricultural information, create and distribute promotional materials, charge related advertising and royalty fees, and make publication agreements.
This section gives the department and commissioner control over certain SOAH hearings and requires the department to set procedure rules for cases not heard by SOAH.
A grocer with more than one department-issued license may get one consolidated license, and that license covers the activities of the component licenses.
The department may, by rule, provide for refunds or waivers of certain fees.
The department must notify examinees of exam results within 30 days, or within 14 days after receiving results from a national testing service in certain cases.
The department may waive licensing or registration prerequisites for an applicant if it reviews the applicant’s credentials and determines the applicant has a valid out-of-state license with substantially equivalent requirements.
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