AI-assisted research summary: The department must create the GO-TEXAN program by rule and may charge participants a membership fee.
Sec. 12.0175. "GO-TEXAN" PROGRAM. (a) The department by rule shall establish the "GO-TEXAN" program to promote and encourage the development and expansion of markets for Texas agricultural products and other products grown, processed, or produced in the state. (b) The department may charge a membership fee, as provided by department rule, for each participant in the "GO-TEXAN" program. (c) The department shall adopt rules necessary to administer the "GO-TEXAN" program established under this section, including rules: (1) governing the use of any registered logo of the department; (2) providing membership eligibility requirements and grounds for denial of membership; (3) establishing membership categories or tiers; and (4) specifying membership benefits. (d) The department may revoke or cancel a certificate of registration or license issued under the "GO-TEXAN" program established under this section if a participant fails to comply with a rule adopted by the department. (e) In this section, "Texas agricultural product" means an agricultural, apicultural, horticultural, silvicultural, viticultural, or vegetable product, either in its natural or processed state, that has been produced, processed, or otherwise had value added to the product in this state, including: (1) feed for use by livestock or poultry; (2) fish or other aquatic species; (3) livestock, a livestock product, or a livestock by-product; (4) planting seed; (5) poultry, a poultry product, or a poultry by-product; or (6) wildlife processed for food or by-products. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 5, Sec. 9.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 208, Sec. 2, eff. May 21, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 265, Sec. 2, 3, eff. June 18, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.