§ 12.001 Execution of Laws
§ 12.0011 Authority to Enter Into Cooperative Agreements
§ 12.0012 Notification
§ 12.002 Development of Agriculture
§ 12.0025 Nutrition Programs
§ 12.0026 Interagency Farm-to-School Coordination Task Force
§ 12.0027 Nutrition Outreach Program
§ 12.0028 Limitation On Sanctions Imposed On School Districts for Sale of Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value
§ 12.0029 Summer Nutrition Programs
§ 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
§ 12.011 Agricultural Resource Statistics
§ 12.013 Employees
§ 12.0135 Conflict Provisions
§ 12.0144 Fee Schedule
§ 12.0145 Submission of Proposed Fee Schedule
§ 12.015 Cooperation With Texas a & M University and Experiment Stations
§ 12.016 Rules
§ 12.0175 “Go-Texan” Program
§ 12.0176 Cooperation With Certain Commodity Producers Boards
§ 12.0177 Texas Nursery and Floral Account
§ 12.018 Testing
§ 12.020 Administrative Penalties
§ 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
§ 12.021 Fee for Phytosanitation Inspection; Issuance of Certificate
§ 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
§ 12.025 Program Accessibility Plan
§ 12.026 Public Interest Information
§ 12.02601 Complaints
§ 12.0261 Administrative Procedure
§ 12.027 Economic Development Program
§ 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
§ 12.028 Competitive Bidding or Advertising
§ 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

Terms Used In Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 12 - Powers and Duties

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: means a statement in writing of a fact or facts signed by the party making it, sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths, and officially certified to by the officer under his seal of office. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Comptroller: means the state comptroller of public accounts. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Home-rule municipality: means a municipality designated by Chapter 5 as a home-rule municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by writing, printing, or other means. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Oath: includes affirmation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Revolving credit: A credit agreement (typically a credit card) that allows a customer to borrow against a preapproved credit line when purchasing goods and services. The borrower is only billed for the amount that is actually borrowed plus any interest due. (Also called a charge account or open-end credit.) Source: OCC
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Signature: includes the mark of a person unable to write, and "subscribe" includes the making of such a mark. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.