CHAPTER 50. AGRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH PROGRAM - Texas Statutes

AGRICULTURE CODE

TITLE 3. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND PROMOTION

CHAPTER 50. AGRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH PROGRAM

Sec. 50.001. PROGRAM. The Texas Agricultural Experiment

Station, in consultation with the Agriculture and Wildlife

Research and Management Advisory Committee established under

Section 88.216, Education Code, shall develop and administer a

program to finance agriculture and wildlife research that the

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station determines to be of the

highest scientific merit and to offer significant promise in

providing new directions for long-term solutions to continued

agriculture production, water availability, and wildlife habitat

availability.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1074, Sec. 2, eff. June 18,

1999. Renumbered from Sec. 46.001 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch.

1420, Sec. 21.001(3), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Sec. 50.002. TERM OF AWARD. An award under Section 50.001 must

be granted for a two-year period and may be extended at the end

of that period after review.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1074, Sec. 2, eff. June 18,

1999. Renumbered and amended from Sec. 46.002 by Acts 2001, 77th

Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(3), Sec. 21.002(1), eff. Sept. 1,

2001.

Sec. 50.003. FUNDS. The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station

may solicit and accept gifts and grants from any public or

private source, in addition to other appropriations. The use of

gifts and grants is subject to any limitations contained in the

gift or grant.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1074, Sec. 2, eff. June 18,

1999. Renumbered from Sec. 46.003 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch.

1420, Sec. 21.001(3), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Sec. 50.004. ANNUAL ACCOUNTING. The Texas Agricultural

Experiment Station shall provide to the committee in each house

of the legislature having jurisdiction over agricultural matters

an annual accounting of all money received, awarded, and expended

during the year.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1074, Sec. 2, eff. June 18,

1999. Renumbered from Sec. 46.004 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch.

1420, Sec. 21.001(3), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.