Agriculture Code § 12.037
The department may recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs for its license holders.
- Continuing education
- Licensing
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The department may recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs for its license holders.
The department must establish and maintain an Office of Rural Affairs, and that office must carry out listed rural-support functions.
The named research institute or another qualified entity must study grape and fruit availability for wine making and report to the commissioner; the commissioner must review it and may reduce a Texas-grape percentage requirement in limited cases.
The department must run and administer the Texas Certified Retirement Community Program, and communities must meet certification and recertification requirements to qualify.
The department, TEA, and HHSC must use their information at least quarterly to find children eligible for free school meals, and the department must assess whether a direct verification process for school districts is feasible.
The department must run a home-delivered meal grant program and give grants to qualifying organizations, while applicants and counties must meet specified conditions.
The department administers the Texas Rural Investment Fund, chooses grant and loan recipients, and can use the fund only for qualifying rural projects and program administration.
The commissioner must implement a policy for the department to use technology that improves its functions and lets the public interact with it online.
The department may obtain criminal history record information for certain license applicants, license holders, eligibility requesters, and department employees, volunteers, interns, or applicants for those roles.
The department must create a farmer mental health and suicide prevention program.
This section defines “hemp” as Cannabis sativa L. and related plant parts, as long as the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration is not more than 0.3% on a dry-weight basis.
The legislature states that this state should have primary regulatory authority over hemp production in the state.
The department must develop a state hemp plan, submit it to USDA, and amend it if USDA disapproves it.
The department may adopt rules needed to implement and administer the state plan under Section 121.003.
This section defines several terms used in the chapter, including cultivate, handle, license, license holder, nonconsumable hemp product, and plot.
Local governments may not adopt or enforce rules that prohibit hemp cultivation, handling, transportation, or sale authorized by this chapter.
The state hemp production account is a general revenue fund account administered by the department.
This section says invalid parts of the chapter do not affect the rest of the chapter if the invalid part can be separated out.
The department must adopt rules and procedures for implementing, administering, and enforcing this chapter.
The department must set and collect certain hemp-related fees, with stated maximum amounts and limited exceptions; some collected fees are nonrefundable and restricted to administration purposes.
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