AGRICULTURE CODE

CHAPTER 50. AGRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH PROGRAM


	§ 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, § 2, eff. June 18, 1999.  
Renumbered from § 46.001 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 
21.001(3), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.


	§ 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, § 2, eff. June 18, 1999.  
Renumbered and amended from § 46.002 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 
1420, § 21.001(3), § 21.002(1), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.


	§ 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, § 2, eff. June 18, 1999.  
Renumbered from § 46.003 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 
21.001(3), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.


	§ 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, § 2, eff. June 18, 1999.  
Renumbered from § 46.004 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 
21.001(3), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.