Texas Agriculture Code - AGRIC § 91.0051. Funding of a Cooperative Inspection

(a) The legislature may not appropriate funds for the operation of an inspection service organized to carry out a cooperative agreement under this chapter. The legislature may appropriate funds necessary for the department to employ personnel to supervise an inspection service.

(b) Inspection activities conducted under a cooperative agreement under this chapter shall be self-financing. The department shall charge fees to a person who receives inspection services under a cooperative agreement.

(c) The department shall set fees at amounts that are approximately equal to the cost of providing inspection services.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall hold and disburse the fees collected under this chapter under the terms of the cooperative agreement governing the inspection activities for which the fees were collected.