The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Board--The board of directors of the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc.
2. (2) Boll weevil--The meaning assigned by Texas Agriculture Code, §74.002.

3. (3) Central collection point--All cotton warehouses, cotton compresses, and other venues collecting harvested and ginned cotton that was produced within a maintenance area, as described and defined in these rules. "Central collection point" shall include a cotton gin only when:

   1. (A) the cotton in question ships directly from the gin to a user or exporter of cotton, and is not stored at a domestic warehouse or compress, and then only for those bales that ship directly; or
   2. (B) when a cotton gin agrees to serve as a central collection point.
4. (4) Commissioner--The Commissioner of agriculture.
5. (5) Foundation--The Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation.
6. (6) Department--The Texas Department of Agriculture.

Source Note:The provisions of this §3.700 adopted to be effective January 20, 2015, 40 TexReg 326.