Tex. Agriculture Code § 14A.012
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 14A.012, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 14A.012. EXCEPTIONS.
Official statutory text
(a) This chapter does not apply to private warehouses or the issuance of receipts by the owners or managers of private warehouses.
(b) This chapter does not prohibit a public warehouse operator from issuing the same types of receipts as issued by a private warehouse, provided that the faces of the receipts are plainly marked with: "not a public warehouse receipt."
(c) This chapter does not apply to a producer of grapes who stores in a warehouse owned by the producer grapes produced and owned by the producer.
(b) This chapter does not prohibit a public warehouse operator from issuing the same types of receipts as issued by a private warehouse, provided that the faces of the receipts are plainly marked with: "not a public warehouse receipt."
(c) This chapter does not apply to a producer of grapes who stores in a warehouse owned by the producer grapes produced and owned by the producer.
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