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Texas Agriculture Code - AGRIC § 14.059. Inspections; Fee

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) On request by the department, a warehouse operator shall report to the department on the condition, operation, and business of each public grain warehouse that the warehouse operator operates and all grain stored in those warehouses.

(b) The department shall inspect each public grain warehouse at least once annually and may make additional inspections as the department considers necessary. A warehouse operator may request that the department make additional inspections.

(c) The department shall collect from the warehouse operator whose public grain warehouse is inspected an inspection fee for an annual inspection or an inspection requested by the warehouse operator, but may not collect an inspection fee for other inspections unless the inspection is conducted:

(1) under the terms of an agreed or ordered suspension or probation;

(2) in response to a complaint that the warehouse operator has not complied with the duties and obligations provided for by this chapter and the complaint is determined by the department to be valid;

(3) as a follow-up inspection to:

(A) determine whether a shortage of grain discovered by the department has been corrected;

(B) obtain records not immediately available at the location designated as the recordkeeping location in department records or to which access was refused during a previous inspection;

(C) ensure that recordkeeping discrepancies discovered during a previous inspection have been corrected; or

(D) monitor a suspension or probation under this chapter; or

(4) to monitor termination of arrangements for storing, shipping, or handling of grain under this chapter.

(d) The department by rule shall set the inspection fee.

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