4 TAC §3.110
The Texas Department of Agriculture (the department) proposes
an amendment to §3.110, concerning the Southern High Plains Boll Weevil
Eradication Zone The amendment is proposed to change the name of the area
designated as the Southern High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone to the
Western High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone. The name change is proposed,
upon the request of the Southern High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone
Interim Advisory Committee, to avoid confusion due to the current name of
the zone being similar to the existing Southern High Plains/Caprock zone,
and to more accurately describe the geographical area included in the designated
zone. All of the area currently included in the Southern High Plains Zone
will be designated as the Western High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone.
Katie Dickie Stavinoha, special assistant for producer relations, has determined
that for the first five-year period the section is in effect there will be
no fiscal implications for state or local government as a result of enforcing
or administering the section.
Ms. Stavinoha also has determined that for each year of the first five
years the section is in effect the public benefit anticipated as a result
of enforcing the sections will be less confusion among cotton growers and
the public in regards to the area covered by the zone. There will be no effect
on small businesses. There is no anticipated economic cost to persons required
to comply with the amendment as proposed.
Comments on the proposal may be submitted to Katie Dickie Stavinoha, Special
Assistant for Producer Relations, P.O. Box 12847, Austin, Texas 78711, and
must be received no later than 30 days from the date of the publication of
this proposal in the
Texas Register
.
The amendment is proposed under the Texas Agriculture Code, §74.1042,
which provides the commissioner of agriculture with the authority, by rule,
to designate an area of the state as a proposed boll weevil eradication zone;
and Senate Bill 1814, 75th Legislature, 1997, §1.27(d), which provides
the commissioner of agriculture with the authority to by rule divide a statutory
zone and fairly apportion any debt to each portion of the divided zone.
The codes affected by the proposal are the Texas Agriculture Code, Chapter
74.
Western
[
Southern
]
High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone.
The
Western
[
Southern
] High Plains Boll Weevil
Eradication Zone shall consist of the following area originally included as
a part of the Southern High Plains/Caprock Eradication Zone described at the
Texas Agriculture Code, §74.1021(e): all of Andrews, Gaines and Yoakum
counties; all of Terry County except for all land north of a line 1.25 miles
south of the Hockley County line from FM 303 east to Highway 385 and all land
north and east of a line with boundaries of County Road 230, County Road 525
also known as Cemetery Road, and County Road 280 to the Lynn County line;
and all of Lynn County except for all land north and east of a line 5 miles
north of Hwy 380 following County Road 18 that extends from the Terry County
line east for 10 miles, then turns south to Hwy 380, and runs east to the
intersection of FM 212 before turning south to the Borden County line.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State, on
February 9, 1998.
TRD-9801831
Dolores Alvarado Hibbs
Deputy General Counsel
Texas Department of Agriculture
Earliest possible date of adoption: March 22, 1998
For further information, please call: (512) 463-7541