- (a) If during the Boll Weevil Eradication Program seasonal growing conditions promote early maturation and harvesting of cotton in Arkansas, the State Plant Board may, upon recommendation from the Arkansas Cotton Grower’s Organization, Inc., establish a per-acre incentive credit for early stalk destruction.
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- (1) Such incentive credit shall be applied to the cotton grower’s assessment for the following year.
- (2) In the event a cotton grower’s certified acreage in the following year is not sufficient to fully consume the incentive credit in such following year, the cotton grower may apply to the board for a refund of the unused incentive credit, using forms prescribed by the board.
- (c) The rate per acre of any such incentive credit, whether uniform for the entire state or variable, shall be established and made available to all participating cotton growers no later than September 1 of the current growing year.
- (d) No incentive credit established under this paragraph shall be credited or paid to the cotton grower by the board until the date of the cotton grower’s stalk destruction has been confirmed to the board by eradication program personnel.