Section 20.14 - Eradicated Areas(a) The commissioner may grant a request for an area in Texas to be declared eradicated after a written recommendation is submitted to the department by 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 West Texas Maintenance Area, as provided in § 3.702 of this title (relating to West Texas Maintenance Area), and the East Texas Maintenance Area, as provided in § 3.705 of this title (relating to East Texas Maintenance Area) have been declared eradicated areas by the commissioner.(c) The department will recognize as eradicated any areas outside of Texas that are declared eradicated by that state's department of agriculture if that state's definition of an eradicated area is equivalent to the definition of an eradicated area in § 20.1 of this chapter (relating to Definitions).(d) The department has determined that the definitions of an eradicated area of the New Mexico and Oklahoma departments of agriculture are equivalent to the definition of an eradicated area in § 20.1 of this chapter.4 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.14
The provisions of this §20.14 adopted to be effective July 9, 2001, 26 TexReg 4996; amended to be effective October 7, 2004, 29 TexReg 9353; 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