Tex. Agriculture Code § 103.005

This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 103.005, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.

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§ 103.005. INITIATION OF CLAIM.

Official statutory text

(a) A person who deals with a license holder or a person required to be licensed under Chapter 101 in the purchasing, handling, selling, and accounting for sales of perishable commodities and who is aggrieved by an action of the license holder or person required to be licensed as a result of a violation of terms or conditions of a contract made by the license holder or person required to be licensed for the sale of Texas-grown produce may initiate a claim against the fund by filing with the department:

(1) a sworn complaint against the license holder or person required to be licensed; and

(2) a filing fee, as provided by department rule.

(b) A complaint and the fee under Subsection (a) must be filed on or before the second anniversary of the date that payment was due, or recovery from the fund is barred.

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