Tex. Agric. Code Section 12.050
Trade Agricultural Inspection Grant Program


(a)

Using money appropriated for this purpose or money received under Subsection (g), the department may make a grant to a nonprofit organization for the purpose of promoting the agricultural processing industry in this state by reducing wait times for agricultural inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the border with the United Mexican States.

(b)

The department shall request proposals for the award of a grant under this section. The department shall evaluate the proposals and award a grant based on the proposed program’s quantifiable effectiveness and the potentially positive impact on the agricultural processing industry in this state.

(c)

A grant awarded under this section must be made to an organization that has demonstrated experience working with border inspection authorities to reduce border crossing wait times.

(d)

A grant recipient may use grant money received under this section only to pay for activities directly related to the purpose of the grant program as described by Subsection (a). A grant recipient may use grant money to reimburse a federal governmental agency that, at the request of the grant recipient, provides additional border agricultural inspectors or pays overtime to border agricultural inspectors at ports of entry along the border with the United Mexican States.

(e)

The department shall establish procedures to administer the grant program, including a procedure for the submission of a proposal and a procedure to be used by the department to evaluate a proposal.

(f)

The department shall enter into a contract that includes performance requirements with each grant recipient. The department shall monitor and enforce the terms of the contract. The contract must authorize the department to recoup grant money from a grant recipient for failure of the grant recipient to comply with the terms of the contract.

(g)

The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source for the purpose of awarding grants under this section.

(h)

To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a nonprofit organization must provide matching funds. The department may not award a grant to a nonprofit organization until the department certifies that the nonprofit organization has the matching funds. The amount of the grant may not exceed the amount of matching funds. The department may not require a nonprofit organization to provide matching funds in an amount that exceeds the amount of the grant.

(i)

The total amount of grants awarded under this section may not exceed $725,000 for the duration of the program.

(j)

The department may adopt any rules necessary to implement this section.

(k)

Not later than January 15, 2025, the department shall evaluate the performance of the program under this section and submit a report to the legislature. The report must include an evaluation of agricultural inspections affected by the program, including the extent to which the program is reducing wait times for agricultural inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the border with the United Mexican States.

(l)

Unless continued in existence by the legislature, this section expires September 1, 2025.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351 (H.B. 2155), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 655 (H.B. 1371), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2021.

Source: Section 12.050 — Trade Agricultural Inspection Grant Program, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.­12.­htm#12.­050 (accessed Mar. 16, 2024).

12.001
Execution of Laws
12.002
Development of Agriculture
12.003
Agricultural Societies
12.006
Development of Domestic and Foreign Markets
12.007
Plant Diseases and Pests
12.010
Correspondence with Government Agencies and Others
12.0011
Authority to Enter into Cooperative Agreements
12.011
Agricultural Resource Statistics
12.0012
Notification
12.013
Employees
12.016
Rules
12.018
Testing
12.020
Administrative Penalties
12.021
Fee for Phytosanitation Inspection
12.022
Authority to Solicit and Accept Gifts, Grants, and Donations
12.023
Expiration of Registration or Licenses
12.024
Late Renewal of License or Registration
12.0025
Nutrition Programs
12.025
Program Accessibility Plan
12.0026
Interagency Farm-to-school Coordination Task Force
12.026
Public Interest Information
12.027
Economic Development Program
12.0027
Nutrition Outreach Program
12.0028
Limitation on Sanctions Imposed on School Districts for Sale of Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value
12.028
Competitive Bidding or Advertising
12.0029
Summer Nutrition Programs
12.029
Minority and Female-owned Business Contracts
12.031
Advertising, Publications, and Fees
12.032
Cooperation with State Office of Administrative Hearings
12.033
Multiple Licenses
12.034
Refund or Waiver of Fees
12.035
Notice to Examinee
12.036
Licensing Out-of-state Applicants
12.037
Continuing Education
12.038
Office of Rural Affairs
12.039
Certain Wine Produced or Bottled in This State
12.040
Texas Certified Retirement Community Program
12.041
School Breakfast and Lunch Program
12.042
Home-delivered Meal Grant Program
12.046
Texas Rural Investment Fund
12.047
Use of Technology
12.048
Obtaining Criminal History Record Information
12.050
Trade Agricultural Inspection Grant Program
12.051
Farmer Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program
12.0135
Conflict Provisions
12.0144
Fee Schedule
12.0145
Submission of Proposed Fee Schedule
12.0176
Cooperation with Certain Commodity Producers Boards
12.0177
Texas Nursery and Floral Account
12.0201
License Sanctions
12.0202
Administrative Hearings
12.0203
Negotiated Rulemaking and Alternative Dispute Resolution
12.0204
Advisory Committees
12.0205
Coordination of Consumer Protection Enforcement with Office of Attorney General
12.0261
Administrative Procedure
12.0271
Rural Economic Development and Investment Program
12.0272
Texas Economic Development Fund
12.0273
Limitations on Loans and Grants from Texas Economic Development Fund
12.02601
Complaints

Accessed:
Mar. 16, 2024

§ 12.050’s source at texas​.gov