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Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.003

This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.003, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.

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§ 132.003. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.

Official statutory text

(a) The department shall administer this chapter and adopt and enforce necessary rules.

(b) The department may:

(1) prescribe record forms and require the reporting of information as necessary in the administration of this chapter; and

(2) make reciprocal agreements with other states for the inspection of locations outside of the state at which eggs are classed, graded, and weighed.

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