Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.022
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.022, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 132.022. LICENSE CATEGORIES.
Official statutory text
(a) A person who is required by Section 132.021 of this code to be licensed shall apply to the department for licensing in the category described by this section that is appropriate to the actions of the person.
(b) A person shall apply for licensing as a broker if the person never assumes ownership or possession of eggs but acts as an agent for a fee or commission in the sale or transfer of eggs between a producer or dealer-wholesaler as seller and a dealer-wholesaler, processor, or retailer as buyer.
(c) A person shall apply for licensing as a dealer-wholesaler if the person:
(1) buys eggs from a producer or other person and sells or transfers the eggs to a dealer-wholesaler, processor, retailer, consumer, or other person; or
(2) produces eggs from the dealer-wholesaler's own flock and disposes of the production on a fully graded basis.
(d) A person shall apply for licensing as a processor if the person operates a plant for the purpose of breaking eggs for freezing, drying, or commercial food manufacturing.
(e) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 10.09(16), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
(b) A person shall apply for licensing as a broker if the person never assumes ownership or possession of eggs but acts as an agent for a fee or commission in the sale or transfer of eggs between a producer or dealer-wholesaler as seller and a dealer-wholesaler, processor, or retailer as buyer.
(c) A person shall apply for licensing as a dealer-wholesaler if the person:
(1) buys eggs from a producer or other person and sells or transfers the eggs to a dealer-wholesaler, processor, retailer, consumer, or other person; or
(2) produces eggs from the dealer-wholesaler's own flock and disposes of the production on a fully graded basis.
(d) A person shall apply for licensing as a processor if the person operates a plant for the purpose of breaking eggs for freezing, drying, or commercial food manufacturing.
(e) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 10.09(16), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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