Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.081
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.081, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 41.081. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) The processor at a commodity process point determined by the board shall collect the assessment. Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, the processor at that point shall collect the assessment by deducting the appropriate amount from the purchase price of the commodity or from any funds advanced for that purpose.
(b) If the producer and processor are the same legal entity, or if the producer retains ownership after processing, the processor shall collect the assessment directly from the producer at the time of processing.
(c) The secretary-treasurer of the board, by registered or certified mail, shall notify each processor of the duty to collect the assessment, the manner in which the assessment is to be collected, and the date on or after which the processor is to begin collecting the assessment.
(d) The amount of the assessment collected shall be clearly shown on the sales invoice or other document evidencing the transaction. The processor shall furnish a copy of the document to the producer.
(e) Unless otherwise provided by the original referendum, no later than the 10th day of each month the processor shall remit the amount collected during the previous month to the secretary-treasurer of the board.
(b) If the producer and processor are the same legal entity, or if the producer retains ownership after processing, the processor shall collect the assessment directly from the producer at the time of processing.
(c) The secretary-treasurer of the board, by registered or certified mail, shall notify each processor of the duty to collect the assessment, the manner in which the assessment is to be collected, and the date on or after which the processor is to begin collecting the assessment.
(d) The amount of the assessment collected shall be clearly shown on the sales invoice or other document evidencing the transaction. The processor shall furnish a copy of the document to the producer.
(e) Unless otherwise provided by the original referendum, no later than the 10th day of each month the processor shall remit the amount collected during the previous month to the secretary-treasurer of the board.
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