{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-52.132","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.132","heading":"INDUCED BREACH OF MARKETING CONTRACT; FALSE REPORTS.","body":"In a civil suit for damages, a person is liable to a marketing association for an amount equal to three times the amount of actual damages proven for each offense if the person, or where the person is a corporation, if an officer or employee of the corporation:\n(1) knowingly induces or attempts to induce a member of the association to breach the member's marketing contract with the association; or\n(2) maliciously and knowingly spreads false reports concerning the finances or management of the association.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1113, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 4. AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS","CHAPTER 52. COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS","SUBCHAPTER I. REMEDIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.52.htm#52.132","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"b393fd33c72d3b8e1199ad3e7953255a54ea91e55822068dadd79565c40a5591","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-52.131","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-52.151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}