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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Agriculture Code § 92.041: OFFENSES.

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  1. AGRICULTURE CODE
  2. TITLE 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
  3. SUBTITLE C. GRADING, PACKING, AND INSPECTING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
  4. CHAPTER 92. TOMATO STANDARDIZATION AND INSPECTION
  5. SUBCHAPTER E. PENALTIES

A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) knowingly or intentionally interferes with an employee of the department in the performance of a duty under this chapter;

(2) knowingly or intentionally fails to obey a rule adopted by the department under this chapter;

(3) delivers or accepts tomatoes for transport, or transports tomatoes that are not accompanied by a certificate of inspection;

(4) accepts tomatoes for transport if the inspection certificate that accompanies the tomatoes shows on its face that the tomatoes are not in compliance with this chapter;

(5) knowingly or intentionally delivers tomatoes for transport if the tomatoes are packed in a container or subcontainer that is deceptively marked concerning the grade, standard, count, arrangement, or pack of the contents;

(6) packs or transports tomatoes in a container or subcontainer that is deceptively marked concerning the grade, standard, size, count, pack, arrangement, brand, or trademark of the contents;

(7) transports tomatoes in an unauthorized container or subcontainer;

(8) sells, delivers for transport, or packs or consigns for sale tomatoes unless the tomatoes conform to the standards, grades, or classifications under this chapter;

(9) forges, falsifies, or changes an inspection certificate;

(10) is in business as a dealer in tomatoes while serving as commissioner or as an employee of the department, except that the commissioner and employees of the department may sell tomatoes they grow or produce; or

(11) violates a provision of this chapter.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1234, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.

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