Tex. Agriculture Code § 61.016
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 61.016, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 61.016. EXCEPTIONS.
Official statutory text
(a) Sections 61.001, 61.003-61.005, and 61.008 of this code do not apply to:
(1) seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes;
(2) seed in storage for cleaning or conditioning, if the label or other records pertaining to the seed bear the phrase "seed for conditioning"; or
(3) seed being transported or consigned to a seed cleaning or conditioning establishment for cleaning or conditioning, if the invoice or labeling accompanying the seed bears the phrase "seed for conditioning."
(b) The exceptions provided by Subsection (a) of this section do not affect the criminal liability of a person for false or misleading labeling or advertising of unclean seed under Section 61.018 of this code.
(c) This chapter does not prevent one farmer from selling to another farmer seed grown on his or her own farm without having the seed tested or labeled as required by this chapter if the seed:
(1) is not advertised in the public communications media outside the vendor's home county;
(2) is not sold or offered or exposed for sale by an individual or organization for the farmer; and
(3) is not shipped by a common carrier.
(1) seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes;
(2) seed in storage for cleaning or conditioning, if the label or other records pertaining to the seed bear the phrase "seed for conditioning"; or
(3) seed being transported or consigned to a seed cleaning or conditioning establishment for cleaning or conditioning, if the invoice or labeling accompanying the seed bears the phrase "seed for conditioning."
(b) The exceptions provided by Subsection (a) of this section do not affect the criminal liability of a person for false or misleading labeling or advertising of unclean seed under Section 61.018 of this code.
(c) This chapter does not prevent one farmer from selling to another farmer seed grown on his or her own farm without having the seed tested or labeled as required by this chapter if the seed:
(1) is not advertised in the public communications media outside the vendor's home county;
(2) is not sold or offered or exposed for sale by an individual or organization for the farmer; and
(3) is not shipped by a common carrier.
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