Section 20.13 - Functionally Eradicated Areas(a) The commissioner may grant a request for declaration of an area in Texas as functionally eradicated after a written recommendation is submitted to the department from the foundation, supported by scientific documentation acceptable to the department indicating that movement of regulated articles into the area presents a threat to the success of boll weevil eradication.(b) The department will recognize as functionally eradicated any areas outside of Texas that are declared functionally eradicated by that state's department of agriculture if that state's definition of a functionally eradicated area is equivalent to the definition of a functionally eradicated area in § 20.1 of this chapter (relating to Definitions).(c) The department has determined that the definitions of a functionally eradicated area of New Mexico and Oklahoma departments of agriculture are equivalent to the definition of a functionally eradicated area in § 20.1 of this chapter.4 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.13
The provisions of this §20.13 adopted to be effective July 9, 2001, 26 TexReg 4996; amended to be effective May 20, 2002, 27 TexReg 4323; amended to be effective October 7, 2004, 29 TexReg 9353; amended to be effective September 30, 2010, 35 TexReg 8723; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 52, December 25, 2015, TexReg 9625, eff. 1/1/2016; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 22, May 29, 2020, TexReg 3619, eff. 6/4/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 08, February 24, 2023, TexReg 1034, eff. 3/5/2023; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 38, September 22, 2023, TexReg 5539, eff. 9/26/2023