CHAPTER 50. AGRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH PROGRAM
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.