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TX Agric Code § 103.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle D - Handling and Marketing of Horticultural Products|Chapter 103 - Produce Recovery Fund|Section 103.014. Penalty for False Claims

Sec. 103.014.  PENALTY FOR FALSE CLAIMS.  (a)  A person commits an offense if, with intent to obtain a benefit for himself or to harm another, he:(1)  institutes a claim under this chapter in which he knows he has no interest;  or(2)  institutes any suit or claim under this chapter that he knows is false.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 987, ch. 235, art. 1, Sec. 2(f), eff. Sept. 1, 1983.|
TX Agric Code § 103.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle D - Handling and Marketing of Horticultural Products|Chapter 103 - Produce Recovery Fund|Section 103.015. Civil Penalty; Injunction

Sec. 103.015.  CIVIL PENALTY;  INJUNCTION.  (a)  A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each violation.  Each day a violation continues may be considered a separate violation for purposes of a civil penalty assessment.(b)  On request of the department, the attorney general or the county attorney or district attorney of the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred shall file suit to collect the penalty.(c)  A civil penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund.  All civil penalties recovered in suits first instituted by a local government or governments under this section shall be equally divided between the State of Texas and the local government or governments with 50 percent of the recovery to be paid to the General Revenue Fund and the other 50 percent equally to the local government or governments first instituting the suit.(d)  The department is entitled to appropriate injunctive relief to prevent or abate a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.  On request of the department, the attorney general or the county or district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or is occurring shall file suit for the injunctive relief.  Venue is in the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or is occurring.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 123, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Agric Code § 103.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle D - Handling and Marketing of Horticultural Products|Chapter 103 - Produce Recovery Fund|Section 103.016. Board Conflict of Interest

Sec. 103.016.  BOARD CONFLICT OF INTEREST.  (a)  An officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of agriculture may not be a member of the board.(b)  A person who is the spouse of an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of agriculture may not be a member of the board.(c)  For the purposes of this section, a Texas trade association is a nonprofit, cooperative, and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.(d)  A person may not serve as a member of the board or act as the general counsel to the board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the board.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 1.23, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Agric Code § 103.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle D - Handling and Marketing of Horticultural Products|Chapter 103 - Produce Recovery Fund|Section 103.017. Removal of Board Member

Sec. 103.017.  REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER.  (a)  It is a ground for removal from the board if a member:(1)  does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 103.003;(2)  does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Section 103.003;(3)  violates a prohibition established by Section 103.016;(4)  cannot because of illness or disability discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the term for which the member is appointed;  or(5)  is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year unless the absence is excused by majority vote of the board.(b)  The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member exists.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506, Sec. 4.09(2), eff. September 1, 2009.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 1.23, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 4.09(2), eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Agric Code § 103.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle D - Handling and Marketing of Horticultural Products|Chapter 103 - Produce Recovery Fund|Section 103.018. Qualifications and Standards of Conduct

Sec. 103.018.  QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.  The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall provide to members of the board, as often as necessary, information regarding their qualification for office under this chapter and their responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state officers or employees.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 1.23, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Agric Code § 103.019 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle D - Handling and Marketing of Horticultural Products|Chapter 103 - Produce Recovery Fund|Section 103.019. Board Member Training

Sec. 103.019.  BOARD MEMBER TRAINING.  (a)  Before a member of the board may assume the member's duties, the member must complete at least one course of the training program established under this section.(b)  A training program established under this section shall provide information to the member regarding:(1)  this chapter;(2)  the programs operated by the board;(3)  the role and functions of the board;(4)  the rules of the board with an emphasis on the rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory authority;(5)  the current budget for the produce recovery fund;(6)  the requirements of:(A)  Chapter 551, Government Code;(B)  Chapter 552, Government Code;  and(C)  Chapter 2001, Government Code;(7)  the requirements of the conflict of interest laws and other laws relating to public officials;  and(8)  any applicable ethics policies adopted by the department or the Texas Ethics Commission.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 1.23, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 4.07, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Agric Code § 104.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle D - Handling and Marketing of Horticultural Products|Chapter 104 - Acreage Contracts and Quantity Contracts|Section 104.001. Definitions

Sec. 104.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Acreage contract" means a contract that requires a producer to deliver to a purchaser all of the production of a specified agricultural product grown on land described in the contract, unless clearly and conspicuously stated otherwise in the contract's language.  The term does not include a contract that requires a producer to deliver a specified quantity of an agricultural product.(2)  "Producer" means a person who produces an agricultural product and sells the product under an acreage contract or a quantity contract.(3)  "Purchaser" means a person who purchases an agricultural product under an acreage contract or a quantity contract.(4)  "Quantity contract" means a contract that requires a producer to deliver to a purchaser a specified quantity of an agricultural product, regardless of the amount of the product grown by the producer.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (H.B. 338), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Agric Code § 104.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle D - Handling and Marketing of Horticultural Products|Chapter 104 - Acreage Contracts and Quantity Contracts|Section 104.002. Contract Type Disclosure

Sec. 104.002.  CONTRACT TYPE DISCLOSURE.  A contract between a producer and a purchaser regarding an agricultural product must clearly and conspicuously state on its face that it is an acreage contract or a quantity contract, as applicable.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (H.B. 338), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Agric Code § 104.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle D - Handling and Marketing of Horticultural Products|Chapter 104 - Acreage Contracts and Quantity Contracts|Section 104.003. Suit by Purchaser Under Acreage Contract

Sec. 104.003.  SUIT BY PURCHASER UNDER ACREAGE CONTRACT.  A purchaser may not file suit against a producer under an acreage contract unless the producer knowingly fails to deliver to the purchaser all of an agricultural product grown on specified land as provided by the acreage contract.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (H.B. 338), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Agric Code § 111.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle E - Processing and Sale of Fiber Products|Chapter 111 - Ginning and Compressing Cotton|Section 111.001. Ginners; Public Use

Sec. 111.001.  GINNERS;  PUBLIC USE.  A person who operates a gin in this state for ginning cotton for commercial purposes shall be known as a ginner and is charged with the public use.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1298, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 111.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle E - Processing and Sale of Fiber Products|Chapter 111 - Ginning and Compressing Cotton|Section 111.002. Ginner's Record

Sec. 111.002.  GINNER'S RECORD.  Each ginner shall keep in a book a public record of all cotton brought to the ginner for ginning.  The record shall show:(1)  the amount of cotton received;(2)  the date on which the cotton was received;(3)  the name of the person who brought the cotton to the gin;  and(4)  the name of each person claiming to own the cotton.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1298, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 111.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle E - Processing and Sale of Fiber Products|Chapter 111 - Ginning and Compressing Cotton|Section 111.003. Identification of Bales

Sec. 111.003.  IDENTIFICATION OF BALES.  (a)  Each ginner shall mark each bale of cotton with the following:(1)  "B____________", filling the blank with the number of the bale as shown on the books of the gin;(2)  the initials of each party who claims to own the cotton;  and(3)  an individual ginner's mark.(b)  The ginner's mark under Subsection (a) of this section shall be placed under the initials of the parties claiming ownership.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1299, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 111.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle E - Processing and Sale of Fiber Products|Chapter 111 - Ginning and Compressing Cotton|Section 111.004. Baling

Sec. 111.004.  BALING.  (a)  Each bale of cotton ginned by a ginner shall be wrapped so that:(1)  the bale will be completely covered when compressed and the ends of the bale are closed and well sewn;  and(2)  the markings on the bale will remain intact and visible under ordinary conditions.(b)  In compressing, recompressing, baling, or rebaling cotton, each person owning, operating, or working for a compress in this state shall, prior to delivery of a bale to a common carrier, bind and tie the bale so that the bale is free of:(1)  dangerously exposed ends of bands or buckles;  or(2)  dangerously exposed or protruding parts of ties, bands, buckles, or splices.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1299, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 111.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle E - Processing and Sale of Fiber Products|Chapter 111 - Ginning and Compressing Cotton|Section 111.005. Liability for Improper Baling

Sec. 111.005.  LIABILITY FOR IMPROPER BALING.  (a)  A person who delivers to a common carrier a bale of cotton that is not tied or bound as required by Section 111.004(b) of this code shall forfeit to the state not less than $50 nor more than $250.  A suit may be brought in the name of the state to recover that forfeiture.(b)  A person who receives for storage, loads for transportation, or transports in this state a bale that is not tied or bound as required by Section 111.004(b) of this code is liable for damages to any of the person's employees who is injured in the course of employment by a dangerously exposed end of band or buckle or dangerously exposed or protruding part of a tie, band, buckle, or splice.  The employer and not the employee has the duty to inspect the bales of cotton.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1299, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Agric Code § 111.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle E - Processing and Sale of Fiber Products|Chapter 111 - Ginning and Compressing Cotton|Section 111.007. Penalties

Sec. 111.007.  PENALTIES.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person operates a cotton gin for himself or herself or for commercial purposes without complying with this chapter.(b)  A person commits an offense if, as a ginner, the person:(1)  fails, neglects, or refuses to keep a record in accordance with Section 111.002 of this code;  or(2)  fails, neglects, or refuses to mark a bale of cotton with the initials of each party who claims to own the cotton and with the ginner's mark in the manner required by Section 111.003 of this code.(c)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1299, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 124, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Agric Code § 121.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle F - Hemp|Chapter 121 - State Hemp Production Plan|Section 121.001. Definition

Sec. 121.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds of the plant and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 764 (H.B. 1325), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.|
TX Agric Code § 121.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle F - Hemp|Chapter 121 - State Hemp Production Plan|Section 121.002. Legislative Intent

Sec. 121.002.  LEGISLATIVE INTENT.  It is the intent of the legislature that this state have primary regulatory authority over the production of hemp in this state.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 764 (H.B. 1325), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.|
TX Agric Code § 121.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle F - Hemp|Chapter 121 - State Hemp Production Plan|Section 121.003. State Plan

Sec. 121.003.  STATE PLAN.  (a)  The department, after consulting with the governor and attorney general, shall develop a state plan to monitor and regulate the production of hemp in this state.  The plan must comply with:(1)  7 U.S.C. Section 1639p;(2)  Chapter 122; and(3)  Chapter 443, Health and Safety Code.(b)  The department shall submit the plan developed under Subsection (a) to the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture as this state's plan for monitoring and regulating the production of hemp as provided by 7 U.S.C. Section 1639p.(c)  If a plan submitted under Subsection (b) is disapproved by the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, the department, after consulting with the governor and attorney general, shall amend the plan as needed to obtain approval and submit an amended plan.(d)  The department shall, as necessary, seek technical assistance from the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture and other state agencies in developing the plan under this section.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 764 (H.B. 1325), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.|
TX Agric Code § 121.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle F - Hemp|Chapter 121 - State Hemp Production Plan|Section 121.004. Rules

Sec. 121.004.  RULES.  The department may adopt any rules necessary to implement and administer the state plan under Section 121.003.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 764 (H.B. 1325), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.|
TX Agric Code § 125.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle G - Workplace Chemicals|Chapter 125 - Agricultural Hazard Communication Act|Section 125.001. Declaration of Purpose

Sec. 125.001.  DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.  The legislature finds that the health and safety of persons living and working in agricultural areas in the state may be improved by providing access to information regarding certain hazardous chemicals to which they may be exposed either during their normal employment activities, during emergency situations, or as a result of proximity to the use of those chemicals.  The legislature also finds that, because of the conditions of agricultural employment, there is a unique situation regarding certain agricultural laborers that makes it necessary to establish formal procedures to provide access to information regarding certain hazardous chemicals and to assure those laborers that there will be no retaliation by the employer for the exercise of rights under this chapter.  This chapter is intended to assure that accessibility to information regarding chemicals covered by this chapter be provided to agricultural laborers who may be exposed to those chemicals in agricultural workplaces, to certain emergency service organizations responsible for dealing with chemical hazards during emergency situations when those chemicals are in close proximity to residential areas, and to the department to make the information available to the general public through specific procedures.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.|
TX Agric Code § 125.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle G - Workplace Chemicals|Chapter 125 - Agricultural Hazard Communication Act|Section 125.003. Application

Sec. 125.003.  APPLICATION.  (a)  This chapter applies only to the following employers who annually use or store any one of the chemicals covered by this chapter in excess of 55 gallons or 500 pounds or an amount that the department determines by rule for certain highly toxic or dangerous chemicals covered by this chapter:(1)  employers who themselves or through labor agents hire agricultural laborers to perform seasonal or migrant work and whose gross annual payroll for those laborers is $15,000 or more;  and(2)  employers who themselves or through labor agents hire agricultural laborers for purposes other than seasonal or migrant work and whose gross annual payroll for those laborers is $50,000 or more.(b)  This chapter applies only to the following chemicals:(1)  chemicals labeled under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Section 136 et seq.);  and(2)  fertilizers with chemicals that are listed or defined as hazardous chemicals in 29 CFR Section 1910.1200(c) or 1910.1200(d)(3), including those listed or defined in subsequent comparable regulations.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.|
TX Agric Code § 125.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle G - Workplace Chemicals|Chapter 125 - Agricultural Hazard Communication Act|Section 125.004. Workplace Chemical List

Sec. 125.004.  WORKPLACE CHEMICAL LIST.  (a)  An employer covered by this chapter shall compile and maintain a workplace chemical list on a form prescribed by the department that contains the following information by crop for each chemical covered by this chapter that is actually used or stored annually in the workplace in excess of 55 gallons or 500 pounds or an amount that the department determines by rule for certain highly toxic or dangerous chemicals covered by this chapter:(1)  the product name used on the MSDS and container label and the Environmental Protection Agency registration number, if applicable;(2)  the date and crop on which the chemical was applied or used;  and(3)  the work area in which the chemical is actually stored or used.(b)  The employer shall update the workplace chemical list as necessary but not less frequently than annually.(c)  The workplace chemical list may be prepared for the workplace as a whole or for each work area and must be readily available to agricultural laborers and their designated representatives.  New or newly assigned agricultural laborers shall be made aware of the workplace chemical list before working with chemicals covered by this chapter or in a work area containing those chemicals.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.|
TX Agric Code § 125.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products|Subtitle G - Workplace Chemicals|Chapter 125 - Agricultural Hazard Communication Act|Section 125.006. Material Safety Data Sheets

Sec. 125.006.  MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS.  (a)  Chemical manufacturers and distributors shall provide appropriate MSDSs to purchasers in this state of chemicals covered by this chapter.(b)  Employers covered by this chapter shall maintain the most current MSDS received from manufacturers or distributors for each purchased chemical covered by this chapter.  If an MSDS has not been provided by the manufacturer or distributor for chemicals on the workplace chemical list at the time the chemicals are received at the workplace, the employer shall request one in writing from the manufacturer or distributor in a timely manner.  This chapter does not require an employer who is not a chemical manufacturer to create an MSDS.(c)  The department may require any person who has or obtains a registration for a pesticide under Sections 76.041-76.048 of this code to provide with the registration a copy of the most current and complete MSDS for that pesticide.(d)  The department by rule may require chemical manufacturers to submit MSDSs for chemicals covered by this chapter, excluding chemicals covered by Subsection (c) of this section.(e)  All MSDSs in the files of the department are public records.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1.|