Texas Agriculture Code

§ 102.156 — FINDINGS

AG § 102.156Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part D. HANDLING AND MARKETING OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Ch. 102. HANDLING AND MARKETING OF CITRUS FRUIT · Art. C. CITRUS MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND LICENSES

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(a)Following a hearing, the department may execute a marketing agreement or issue a license only if it finds that:

(1)the supply of a citrus fruit available for marketing exceeds or is likely to exceed the demand for the fruit at prices that will provide a reasonable return to representative producers of that fruit;

(2)the return to producers of the citrus fruit will tend to be increased through the operation of the marketing plan;

(3)the marketing plan may be operated without permitting unreasonable profits to producers of the citrus fruit and without unreasonably enhancing prices of the citrus fruit to consumers; and

(4)the marketing plan will tend to advance public welfare and conserve the agricultural wealth of the state by preventing threatened economic or agricultural waste and will tend to prevent chaotic marketing of the citrus fruit.

(b)The findings of the department, and the administration of any marketing agreement or license, shall be based on relevant considerations, including:

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Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1268, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.