Tennessee Code 43-6-403 – Commissioner – Duty – Cooperation with agencies, groups or persons
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-6-403
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designated representative. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
- Cotton: means any cotton plant or cotton plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
- Person: means any individual, corporation, company, society, or association, or other business entity. See Tennessee Code 43-6-402
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
The commissioner shall carry out programs to destroy and eliminate boll weevils in this state. The commissioner may cooperate with any agency of the federal government, any state, any other agency in this state, or any person engaged in growing, processing, marketing, handling cotton, or any group of such persons in this state in programs to effectuate the purposes of this part, and may enter into written agreements to effectuate those purposes. Such agreements may provide for cost sharing and for division of duties and responsibilities under this part, and may include other provisions generally to effectuate the purposes of this part.