Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.103
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.103, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 76.103. PROGRAM CONTINGENT ON FEDERAL FUNDS.
Official statutory text
(a) The licensing of commercial applicators, noncommercial applicators, and private applicators is contingent on the availability of federal funds to pay part of the costs of administering and enforcing the program.
(b) If federal funds and other funds made available for this program are not sufficient to pay all costs of administering and enforcing the program, the department shall certify that fact and discontinue the licensing of commercial applicators, noncommercial applicators, and private applicators. The department shall publish notice of the discontinuance of the program in the Texas Register.
(c) If sufficient funds become available after discontinuance, the department shall certify the availability of sufficient funds to pay all costs of administration and enforcement of the program and shall resume the licensing of commercial applicators, noncommercial applicators, and private applicators. The department shall publish notice of resumption of the program in the Texas Register.
(d) The department shall determine the effective date of discontinuance or resumption of the program, but the date may not be before the date of publication of notice in the Texas Register.
(e) During any period in which the program has been discontinued, a person is not required to have a license provided by this subchapter in order to use pesticides, but a person may be prosecuted for acts committed or omitted when the program was in effect.
(b) If federal funds and other funds made available for this program are not sufficient to pay all costs of administering and enforcing the program, the department shall certify that fact and discontinue the licensing of commercial applicators, noncommercial applicators, and private applicators. The department shall publish notice of the discontinuance of the program in the Texas Register.
(c) If sufficient funds become available after discontinuance, the department shall certify the availability of sufficient funds to pay all costs of administration and enforcement of the program and shall resume the licensing of commercial applicators, noncommercial applicators, and private applicators. The department shall publish notice of resumption of the program in the Texas Register.
(d) The department shall determine the effective date of discontinuance or resumption of the program, but the date may not be before the date of publication of notice in the Texas Register.
(e) During any period in which the program has been discontinued, a person is not required to have a license provided by this subchapter in order to use pesticides, but a person may be prosecuted for acts committed or omitted when the program was in effect.
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