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Texas Agriculture Code - Chapter 94 Citrus Fruit Maturity StandardsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Agriculture Code > Texas Agriculture Code - Chapter 94 Citrus Fruit Maturity Standards Sponsored LinksIn this chapter: (1) "Distributing house" means a place that receives or ships, or a truck or railroad car that carries, citrus fruit that has ... Except to the extent specifically provided by this chapter, this chapter does not apply to: (1) citrus fruit other than citrus grandis, osbeck, commonly known ... (a) The department shall direct and supervise the inspection and certification of maturity of citrus fruit under this chapter. The department shall adopt rules that ... (a) The department may employ a chief of the maturity division. (b) The department may employ a staff that is adequate to enforce this chapter ... (a) Each year, the owner, manager, or operator of a packing house that is in operation during the fruit shipping season shall register the packing ... After October 14 and before December 17 of each year, the owner, manager, or operator of a packing house shall notify the department in writing ... Grapefruit that meet the maturity standards for grapefruit established by rule of the department are mature. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1243, ch. 388, § ... Oranges that meet the maturity standards for oranges established by rule of the department are mature. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1244, ch. 388, § ... (a) Citrus fruit that is immature, unripe, overripe, frozen, frost damaged, or otherwise unfit for consumption may not be sold or offered for sale. (b) ... (a) Grapefruit may not be transported, or prepared, received, or delivered for transportation or market, after July 31 and before December 2 each year unless ... (a) If the requirements of this chapter are met and the department receives the fee required under this subchapter, the department shall issue maturity stamps ... Citrus fruit shall be inspected and certificates of inspection and maturity issued only at a grove, registered packing house, or distributing house. Acts 1981, 67th ... (a) A person may request and is entitled to receive a citrus fruit inspection by the department at a grove. (b) An inspector shall test ... (a) A person who sells or ships grapefruit after July 31 and before December 2 of a year, or early or midseason oranges after July ... A department inspector may not issue a certificate of inspection and maturity to a packing house that has not complied with Section 94.011, 94.012, or ... The department may test citrus fruit brought into this state from any outside area for marketing or sale if there is reason to believe that ... (a) The department may conduct tests of citrus fruit at any location where citrus fruit is offered for sale or for shipment if there is ... A person commits an offense if the person: (1) as a department inspector, falsifies a certificate of inspection and maturity or fails to collect the ... An offense under Section 94.051 of this code is a Class B misdemeanor. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1246, ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |