Tex. Agric. Code § 62.002 · Chapter 62. SEED AND PLANT CERTIFICATION
STATE SEED AND PLANT BOARD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The State Seed and Plant Board is an agency of the state. The board is composed of:
(1) one individual, appointed by the president of Texas A&M University, from the Soils and Crop Sciences Department, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University;
(2) one individual, appointed by the president of Texas Tech University, from the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Texas Tech University;
(3) one individual, appointed by the commissioner, licensed as a Texas Foundation, Registered, or Certified seed or plant producer who is not employed by a public institution;
(4) one individual, appointed by the commissioner, who sells Texas Foundation, Registered, or Certified seed or plants; and
(5) one individual, appointed by the commissioner, actively engaged in farming but not a producer or seller of Texas Foundation, Registered, or Certified seed or plants.
(b) An individual appointed from a state university serves on the board as an ex officio member. A member serves for a term of two years and until a successor has qualified. Members serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement by the state for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(c) A member whose employment is terminated with the agency or department from which the member was appointed or who ceases to be engaged in the business or professional activity that the member was appointed to represent vacates membership on the board.
(d) The commissioner shall designate a member of the board as the chairman to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the commissioner. The board annually shall elect a vice-chairman and secretary. The board shall meet at times and places determined by the chairman.
(e) Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1134, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 185, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 729, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 311, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 1.17, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 4.04, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.62.htm
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