Section 76-6A-11 - Cotton boll weevil control committees; additional duties and powers.
76-6A-11. Cotton boll weevil control committees; additional duties and powers.
A. Cotton boll weevil control committees may:
(1) conduct programs to monitor, suppress or eradicate cotton boll weevils within their cotton boll weevil control districts;
(2) cooperate in the administration of the Cotton Boll Weevil Control Act through the use of state or federal personnel and facilities or both;
(3) contract for services or enter into cooperative agreements;
(4) publish information and conduct seminars on the distribution and control of the cotton boll weevil;
(5) levy and collect a special assessment, based on cotton acreage or cotton yield per acre within the cotton boll weevil control districts; and
(6) borrow money or accept grants, donations or contributions for any purpose consistent with the powers and duties of the cotton boll weevil control committee.
B. Cotton boll weevil control committees shall provide a complete accounting of the funds collected through the special assessment to all participating cotton producers in the cotton boll weevil control districts.
C. The cotton boll weevil control committee shall send notice of the establishment of a cotton boll weevil control district and its defined boundaries to the organic commodity commission within fourteen days of its establishment.
D. If the cotton boll weevil control district includes certified organic acreage, the cotton boll weevil control committee shall select an organic cotton producer operating within the district, who shall have all the powers of a committee member, to serve on the cotton boll weevil control committee.