Texas Agriculture Code

§ 63.142 — DISTRIBUTION OF MISBRANDED FERTILIZER

AG § 63.142Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part A. SEED AND FERTILIZER · Ch. 63. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER · Art. H. PENALTIES

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(a)A person commits an offense if the person distributes, conspires to distribute, or causes another person to distribute commercial fertilizer that:

(1)carries a false or misleading statement on, attached to, or accompanying the container;

(2)makes a false or misleading statement concerning its agricultural value on the container or in any advertising matter accompanying or associated with it;

(3)is of a composition, quantity, or quality that is below or is different from that which it is represented to be on its label;

(4)has a container that is made, formed, or filled in a manner that is misleading; or

(5)purports to be or is represented as a commercial fertilizer for which a definition of identity and a standard have been prescribed by rule, but does not conform to the definition or standard.

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Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1149, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1856, ch. 349, art. 1, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.