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TX Agric Code § 18.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter A. Organic Standards and Certification|Section 18.001. Definitions

Sec. 18.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Agricultural product" means any raw or processed agricultural commodity or product, including any commodity or product derived from livestock, that is marketed in the United States for human or livestock consumption.(2)  "National organic program" means the program established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. Section 6501 et seq.), as amended, or any similar federal program.(3)  "Organic" means labeled, advertised, marketed, or otherwise represented as an agricultural product produced in accordance with the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. Section 6501 et seq.), as amended, and this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 52, Sec. 5, eff. May 7, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1288, Sec. 1, eff. June 21, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 18.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter A. Organic Standards and Certification|Section 18.002. Organic Standards Program

Sec. 18.002.  ORGANIC STANDARDS PROGRAM.  (a)  The department by rule may create and administer a program for the administration and enforcement of standards related to organic agricultural products, including certification of persons who produce, process, distribute, or handle organic agricultural products, and may regulate the use of "organic" and related terms.(b)  Any program created by the department under Subsection (a) must be consistent with the provisions of the national organic program.(c)  To the extent consistent with federal law, the department by rule may adopt standards related to organic agricultural products other than the standards established by the national organic program.(d)  The department may enter into an agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to act as an organic certifying agent or to provide primary enforcement of state and national standards relating to organic agricultural products.(e)  In regulating organic agricultural products under this subchapter, the department may require certification, registration, or other documentation the department considers necessary:(1)  to ensure the integrity of the state and national organic programs;(2)  to ensure the marketability of organic agricultural products produced in this state;  and(3)  to meet the authentication or verification requirements of the federal government, another state, or a foreign country relating to organic agricultural products.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1288, Sec. 2, eff. June 21, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 18.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter A. Organic Standards and Certification|Section 18.003. Organic Certification

Sec. 18.003.  ORGANIC CERTIFICATION.  (a)  The department may certify each person who produces, processes, distributes, or handles an organic agricultural product in this state.(b)  A person may apply for any required certification under this subchapter by submitting the following, as prescribed by department rule:(1)  an application for certification;(2)  a plan for production, processing, distribution, or handling of organic agricultural products;  and(3)  a fee.(c)  The department by rule may require a person certified under this subchapter to submit an annual report of that person's production, processing, distribution, or handling of organic agricultural products, along with an annual reporting fee.(d)  The department may by written notice require that a person certified under this subchapter submit any additional report, including copies of records, the department considers necessary to investigate or monitor production, processing, distribution, or handling of organic agricultural products.(e)  A certificate issued under this subchapter remains in effect until surrendered, suspended, or revoked in accordance with procedures established by department rule and Section 18.0075.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 2.17, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1288, Sec. 3, eff. June 21, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 18.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter A. Organic Standards and Certification|Section 18.004. Registration Program

Sec. 18.004.  REGISTRATION PROGRAM.  The department by rule may establish a voluntary or mandatory registration program for persons who produce, process, distribute, handle, or advertise organic products in this state and for persons who certify any producers, processors, distributors, or handlers located in this state.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 2.18, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1288, Sec. 4, 5, 12, eff. June 21, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 18.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter A. Organic Standards and Certification|Section 18.006. Fees

Sec. 18.006.  FEES.  (a)  The department by rule may require a fee for each:(1)  application for certification;(2)  application for registration or registration renewal;(3)  annual report required by the department;(4)  certificate issued by the department;  and(5)  document required by the federal government, another state, or a foreign country that is issued by the department under this subchapter.(b)  The department may establish:(1)  a different fee amount for each fee under Subsection (a);  and(2)  a fee schedule for each fee under Subsection (a).(c)  The department may establish a late fee in an amount that is not more than twice the amount of the fee authorized under Subsection (a) and required to be paid by a date established by rule or by written notice provided to the person who owes the fee.(d)  The department shall set fees under this subchapter in amounts that enable it to recover the costs of administering this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 2.19, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1288, Sec. 6, eff. June 21, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 18.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter A. Organic Standards and Certification|Section 18.007. Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Organic Certification or Registration

Sec. 18.007.  DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF ORGANIC CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION.  The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a certification or registration issued under this subchapter if the person to whom the certification or registration was issued:(1)  makes a false representation material to a matter governed by this subchapter;  or(2)  violates or refuses to comply with this subchapter or a rule or instruction of the department under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1288, Sec. 7, eff. June 21, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 18.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter A. Organic Standards and Certification|Section 18.008. Penalty

Sec. 18.008.  PENALTY.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:(1)  violates this subchapter;  or(2)  fails to comply with a notice, order, or rule of the department under this subchapter.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Agric Code § 18.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter A. Organic Standards and Certification|Section 18.009. Civil Penalty; Injunction

Sec. 18.009.  CIVIL PENALTY;  INJUNCTION.  (a)  A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation.  Each day a violation continues is 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 general revenue fund.  All civil penalties recovered in suits instituted by a county or district attorney under this section shall be divided between the state and the county in which the county or district attorney brought suit, with 50 percent of the recovery to be paid to the general revenue fund and 50 percent to the county.(d)  The department is entitled to appropriate injunctive relief to prevent or abate a violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter. 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 occurring shall file suit for the injunctive relief.  Venue is in the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or is occurring.(e)  This section is applicable only if the department chooses to use civil remedy as opposed to criminal penalty under Section 18.008.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1288, Sec. 9, eff. June 21, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 18.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter A. Organic Standards and Certification|Section 18.010. Stop-Sale Order

Sec. 18.010.  STOP-SALE ORDER.  (a)  If an organic agricultural product is being sold or distributed in violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter, the department may issue a written order to stop the sale or distribution of the product by a person in control of the product. The product named in the order may not be sold or distributed while labeled, marketed, advertised, or otherwise represented as "organic" until:(1)  permitted by a court under Subsection (b);  or(2)  the department determines that the sale or distribution of the product is in compliance with this subchapter and rules adopted under this subchapter.(b)  A person in control of the product named in the order may bring suit in a court in the county where the product is located.  After a hearing, the court may permit the product to be sold if the court finds the product is not being sold in violation of this subchapter or a department rule issued under this subchapter.(c)  This section does not limit the department's right to act under another section of this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 52, Sec. 6, eff. May 7, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1288, Sec. 10, eff. June 21, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 18.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter A. Organic Standards and Certification|Section 18.011. Public Information

Sec. 18.011.  PUBLIC INFORMATION.  Information created, collected, assembled, or maintained by the department under this subchapter is public information, except that the department by rule may exempt specified information from disclosure but only to the extent necessary to comply with the national organic program.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1288, Sec. 11, eff. June 21, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 18.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter B. Agricultural Product Standards|Section 18.051. Product Certification Programs

Sec. 18.051.  PRODUCT CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS.  (a)  The department may establish certification programs relating to the protection, sale, advertising, marketing, transporting, or other commercial handling of agricultural, horticultural, or related products in this state if the department determines that a certification program is warranted to:(1)  ensure genetic purity, identity, or disease or pest resistance;  or(2)  help prevent the spread of insects, other pests, diseases, or pathogens.(b)  The department may regulate the use of the term "Texas Certified Product," other terms that indicate product quality standards, and symbols connected with those terms as used with a product regulated under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Agric Code § 18.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter B. Agricultural Product Standards|Section 18.052. Standards

Sec. 18.052.  STANDARDS.  The department by rule may develop minimum certification standards for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Agric Code § 18.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter B. Agricultural Product Standards|Section 18.053. Fees

Sec. 18.053.  FEES.  The department may set fees under this subchapter in amounts that do not exceed the amounts reasonably necessary to enable the department to recover the costs of administering this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Agric Code § 18.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter B. Agricultural Product Standards|Section 18.054. Civil Penalty; Injunction

Sec. 18.054.  CIVIL PENALTY;  INJUNCTION.  (a)  A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted by the department under this subchapter is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each violation.  Each day a violation continues is a separate violation for purposes of assessment of a civil penalty under this section.(b)  A civil penalty recovered by the department under this section shall be deposited in the general revenue fund.  A civil penalty recovered in an action instituted by a local government under this section shall be equally divided between this state and the local government, with 50 percent of the penalty recovered paid to the general revenue fund and the other 50 percent to the general fund of the local government instituting the action.(c)  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 bring an action to collect the civil penalty.(d)  The department is entitled to appropriate injunctive relief to prevent or abate a violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter.  On the request of the department, the attorney general or the county attorney or district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or occurring shall bring an action for the injunctive relief.  Venue for the action lies in the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or occurring.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Agric Code § 18.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter C. Agricultural Production Process Certification Program|Section 18.071. Agricultural Certification

Sec. 18.071.  AGRICULTURAL CERTIFICATION.  The department may establish certification programs under this subchapter relating to the protection, sale, advertising, marketing, or related production processes in this state.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 196, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 18.072 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter C. Agricultural Production Process Certification Program|Section 18.072. Certification Standards

Sec. 18.072.  CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.  The department by rule may develop programs establishing minimum certification standards for production processes.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Agric Code § 18.073 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter C. Agricultural Production Process Certification Program|Section 18.073. Fees

Sec. 18.073.  FEES.  The department may set fees under this subchapter in amounts that do not exceed the amounts reasonably necessary to enable the department to recover the costs of administering this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Agric Code § 18.074 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 18 - Certification and Agricultural Product Standards|Subchapter C. Agricultural Production Process Certification Program|Section 18.074. Administrative Penalty

Sec. 18.074.  ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.  The department may assess an administrative penalty under Section 12.020 if the department determines that a person is falsely claiming to be certified under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Agric Code § 41.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 3 - Agricultural Research and Promotion|Chapter 41 - Commodity Producers Boards|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 41.001. Policy

Sec. 41.001.  POLICY.  It is in the interest of the public welfare of the State of Texas that the producers of any agricultural commodity be permitted and encouraged to develop, carry out, and participate in programs of research, disease and insect control, predator control, education, indemnification, and promotion designed to encourage the production, marketing, and use of the agricultural commodity.  The purpose of this chapter is to authorize and prescribe the necessary procedures by which the producers of an agricultural commodity grown in this state may finance those programs.  The programs may be devised to alleviate any circumstance or condition that serves to impede the production, marketing, or use of any agricultural commodity.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1081, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 991 (H.B. 1840), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Agric Code § 41.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 3 - Agricultural Research and Promotion|Chapter 41 - Commodity Producers Boards|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 41.002. Definitions

Sec. 41.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Agricultural commodity" means an agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, or vegetable product, bees and honey, planting seed, rice, livestock or livestock product, or poultry or poultry product, produced in this state, either in its natural state or as processed by the producer.  The term does not include flax.(2)  "Board" means a commodity producers board.(3)  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.(4)  "District" means a geographical area within the jurisdiction of a board.(5)  "Processor" means a person within this state who:(A)  is a purchaser, warehouseman, processor, or other commercial handler of an agricultural commodity;(B)  processes planting seeds;  or(C)  is the mortgagee of an agricultural commodity if the mortgage did not cover the commodity in its state as a growing crop and if the mortgage was executed at a time when the commodity was ready for marketing.(6)  "Producer" means a person engaged in the business of producing or causing to be produced for commercial purposes an agricultural commodity.  The term includes the owner of a farm on which the commodity is produced and the owner's tenant or sharecropper.(7)  "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or any other business unit.(8)  "Secretary-treasurer" means the secretary-treasurer of a board.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1082, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3184, ch. 545, Sec. 1;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 109, Sec. 1, eff. May 18, 1987;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 25.02, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.|
TX Agric Code § 41.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 3 - Agricultural Research and Promotion|Chapter 41 - Commodity Producers Boards|Subchapter B. Certification of Organizations to Conduct Referendum and Election|Section 41.011. Petition for Certification

Sec. 41.011.  PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION.  (a)  Any nonprofit organization authorized under the laws of this state representing the producers of an agricultural commodity may petition the commissioner for certification as the organization authorized to conduct an assessment referendum and an election of a commodity producers board.(b)  If the referendum and election are to be conducted in a limited area of the state, the petition must describe the boundaries of the area to be included.(c)  The petition must propose a board with an odd number of five to 15 members.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1082, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1170, Sec. 7.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Agric Code § 41.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 3 - Agricultural Research and Promotion|Chapter 41 - Commodity Producers Boards|Subchapter B. Certification of Organizations to Conduct Referendum and Election|Section 41.012. Certification by Commissioner

Sec. 41.012.  CERTIFICATION BY COMMISSIONER.  (a)  Within 30 days following the day on which a petition for certification is received, the commissioner shall hold a public hearing to consider the petition.(b)  If the commissioner determines that, on the basis of testimony presented at the public hearing, the petitioning organization is representative of the producers of the agricultural commodity within the boundaries described in the petition and that the petition conforms to the purposes and provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall certify that the organization is representative of the producers of the commodity within the described area and is authorized to conduct the assessment referendum and board election.|Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1083, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|