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. Upon implementation of Article 9.5 (commencing with Section
52951), the powers and duties of the board shall also include, but
not be limited to, all of the following:
(a) To adopt, and from time to time alter, rescind, modify, and
amend, all proper and necessary rules, regulations, and orders for
carrying out the provisions of this chapter and for exercising its
powers and the performance of its duties, including rules for
regulation of appeals from any rule, regulation, or order of the
board.
(b) To administer and enforce this chapter, and to do and perform
all acts and exercise all powers incidental to or in connection with
or deemed reasonably necessary, proper, or advisable to effectuate
the purposes of this chapter.
(c) To employ a manager to serve, at the pleasure of the board, as
president and chief executive officer of the board and other
personnel, including legal counsel, that are necessary to carry out
the provisions of this chapter.
(d) To establish offices and incur expense, and to enter into any
and all contracts and agreements, and to create such liabilities and
borrow such funds in advance of receipt of assessments as may be
necessary, in the opinion of the board, for the proper administration
and enforcement of this chapter and the performance of its duties.
(e) To promote the sale of cotton by advertising and other
promotional means for the purpose of maintaining and expanding
present markets and creating new and larger intrastate, interstate,
and foreign markets for cotton.
(f) To enter into cost-sharing advertising with other products
considered, by the board, to be fair and equitable to both parties.
(g) In the discretion of the board, to make, in the name of the
board, contracts to render service in formulating and conducting
plans and programs, and other contracts or agreements deemed
necessary for the promotion of the sale of cotton.
(h) In the discretion of the board, to conduct, and contract with
others to conduct, scientific research, including the study,
analysis, dissemination, and accumulation of information obtained
from that research or elsewhere regarding the marketing and
production of cotton. In connection with that research, the board
shall have the power to accept contributions of, or to match,
private, state, or federal funds that may be available for those
purposes, and to employ or make contributions of funds to other
persons or state or federal agencies conducting that research.
(i) In the discretion of the board, to publish and distribute,
without charge, a bulletin or other communication for dissemination
of information relating to the cotton industry to growers and other
industry members.