Section 41.128 - Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board(a) The Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board is not abolished but is inactive as provided by this section until reactivated under Subsection (d).(b) The terms of office of the members of the Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board expire, as determined by the commissioner, on December 31, 2017, or when the board files the report under Section 41.059(c) for the board's fiscal year that includes September 1, 2017. That report is the board's final report unless the board is reactivated under Subsection (d).(c) While the board is inactive, the department shall administer the grain producer indemnity fund. From money available in the fund, the department shall pay all or part of any claims under Subchapter I that the department determines are valid. When the department determines that no potential claims remain, the department shall refund any money remaining in the fund to grain producers who paid an assessment under Section 41.206 on a pro rata basis.(d) The commissioner shall order the reactivation of the Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board if at least 200 grain producers petition the commissioner to reactivate the board. If the board is reactivated, the commissioner shall appoint board members as provided by Section 41.204.Tex. Agric. Code § 41.128
Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1103,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.