Sec. 131.007. PUBLISHING INFORMATION    


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  • (a) The chief apiary inspector shall publish information on methods and directions for treating, eradicating, or suppressing infectious diseases of honeybees, the rules adopted for those purposes, and other information that the inspector considers of value or necessity to the beekeeping interests of this state.

    (b) The inspector shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the agency and describing the procedure by which complaints are filed with and resolved by the inspector. The inspector shall make the information available to the general public and appropriate state agencies.

    (c) The inspector shall adopt rules establishing methods by which consumers and service recipients can be notified of the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the inspector's office for the purpose of directing complaints to the inspector. The inspector may provide for the notification by including the information:

    (1) on each registration or application form submitted by a person regulated under this chapter;

    (2) on a sign which is prominently displayed in the place of business of each person regulated under this chapter; or

    (3) in a bill for services or goods provided by a person regulated under this chapter.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 418, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.