Tex. Agriculture Code § 111.004
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 111.004, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 111.004. BALING.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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