{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-52.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.001","heading":"POLICY.","body":"The purpose of this chapter is:\n(1) to promote and encourage intelligent and orderly production, cultivation, and care of citrus groves and marketing of agricultural products through cooperation;\n(2) to eliminate speculation and waste in the production and marketing of agricultural products;\n(3) to make production and distribution of agricultural products as direct as effectively possible between the producer and consumer; and\n(4) to stabilize the production and marketing of agricultural products.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1102, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 4. AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS","CHAPTER 52. COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.52.htm#52.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"78f05bd4b221dd3c6edbac157e5686f82b73a5fcebef4d690a24b0aa695de8c8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-51.025","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-52.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}