{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-92.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 92.004","heading":"EXCEPTIONS.","body":"(a) This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) a sale or delivery of unpacked and unmarked tomatoes by the grower to another person for packing and resale;\n(2) a bulk sale of tomatoes by the producer to a packer for grading, packing, processing, or storing;\n(3) the conversion of tomatoes by a grower or packer into a tomato by-product;\n(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\n(5) a sale of tomatoes in less than commercial quantities.\n(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.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1230, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE C. GRADING, PACKING, AND INSPECTING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS","CHAPTER 92. TOMATO STANDARDIZATION AND INSPECTION","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.92.htm#92.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"153bfe33f1bde733ac4af4c9c117fbde7f07818545770ddc495953139a67294f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-92.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-92.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}