Tex. Agriculture Code § 92.004
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 92.004, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 92.004. EXCEPTIONS.
Official statutory text
(a) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a sale or delivery of unpacked and unmarked tomatoes by the grower to another person for packing and resale;
(2) a bulk sale of tomatoes by the producer to a packer for grading, packing, processing, or storing;
(3) the conversion of tomatoes by a grower or packer into a tomato by-product;
(4) the sale of unpacked or unmarked tomatoes by a grower or packer to a person who operates a commercial by-product plant and who intends to convert the tomatoes into a by-product for resale; or
(5) a sale of tomatoes in less than commercial quantities.
(b) The department may permit a grower with an entire crop of tomatoes ripe on the vine to personally transport and sell those tomatoes to retail merchants or consumers. If the department determines that a permit granted under this subsection has been abused, the department may cancel the permit.
(1) a sale or delivery of unpacked and unmarked tomatoes by the grower to another person for packing and resale;
(2) a bulk sale of tomatoes by the producer to a packer for grading, packing, processing, or storing;
(3) the conversion of tomatoes by a grower or packer into a tomato by-product;
(4) the sale of unpacked or unmarked tomatoes by a grower or packer to a person who operates a commercial by-product plant and who intends to convert the tomatoes into a by-product for resale; or
(5) a sale of tomatoes in less than commercial quantities.
(b) The department may permit a grower with an entire crop of tomatoes ripe on the vine to personally transport and sell those tomatoes to retail merchants or consumers. If the department determines that a permit granted under this subsection has been abused, the department may cancel the permit.
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