TITLE 4.AGRICULTURE

Part 1. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Chapter 4. COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS

4 TAC §4.2

The Texas Department of Agriculture (the department) adopts an amendment to §4.2, concerning licensing of cooperative marketing associations, without changes to the proposal published in the May 20, 2005, issue of the Texas Register (30 TexReg 2965). The amendment is adopted to make §4.2(d) consistent with the current agency process for issuing cooperative marketing association licenses. The amendment provides that cooperative marketing association licenses expire one year from the date of issuance or when the association is dissolved or its charter is forfeited.

No comments were received on the proposal.

The amendment to §4.2 is adopted under Texas Agriculture Code (the Code), §12.016, which provides the department with the authority to adopt rules as necessary for the administration of its powers and duties under the Code, including Chapter 52, relating to cooperative marketing associations.

This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 1, 2005.

TRD-200502717

Dolores Alvarado Hibbs

Deputy General Counsel

Texas Department of Agriculture

Effective date: July 21, 2005

Proposal publication date: May 20, 2005

For further information, please call: (512) 463-4075