Sec. 12.0176.  COOPERATION WITH CERTAIN COMMODITY PRODUCERS BOARDS.  (a)   The department may, to the extent that resources are available, enter into a cooperative agreement with a commodity producers board to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the promotion of Texas agricultural products.
(b)  A cooperative agreement may include:
(1)  provisions relating to the programs instituted by the department under this chapter and Chapter 46;
(2)  provisions relating to board contributions for promotional costs;  and
(3)  any other provisions the department and the board consider appropriate.
(c)  Funds contributed by a board under an agreement under this section are not state funds.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 25.01, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.