Texas Agriculture Code

§ 74.115 — PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS; ASSESSMENT LIENS

AG § 74.115Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part B. HORTICULTURAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 74. COTTON DISEASES AND PESTS · Art. D. OFFICIAL COTTON GROWERS' BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION FOUNDATION

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(a)A cotton grower who fails to pay an assessment levied under this subchapter when due may be subject, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, to a penalty set by the commissioner. In determining the amount of the penalty to be assessed, the commissioner shall consider:

(1)the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, and extent of the violation;

(2)the history of previous violations;

(3)the amount necessary to deter future violations;

(4)the economic situation of the cotton grower; and

(5)any other matter that justice may require.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 8, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 463, Sec. 1.17, eff. May 30, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 286, Sec. 4, eff. May 29, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 168, Sec. 2, eff. May 18, 2001.