{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-111.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 111.004","heading":"BALING.","body":"(a) Each bale of cotton ginned by a ginner shall be wrapped so that:\n(1) the bale will be completely covered when compressed and the ends of the bale are closed and well sewn; and\n(2) the markings on the bale will remain intact and visible under ordinary conditions.\n(b) In compressing, recompressing, baling, or rebaling cotton, each person owning, operating, or working for a compress in this state shall, prior to delivery of a bale to a common carrier, bind and tie the bale so that the bale is free of:\n(1) dangerously exposed ends of bands or buckles; or\n(2) dangerously exposed or protruding parts of ties, bands, buckles, or splices.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1299, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE E. PROCESSING AND SALE OF FIBER PRODUCTS","CHAPTER 111. GINNING AND COMPRESSING COTTON"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.111.htm#111.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"71534049c1831770bcab4080ef5cfe21d6530dc96395b681df19744cd9ff541d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-111.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-111.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}