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Texas Agriculture Code - AGRIC § 41.101. Failure to Remit Assessment

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

(a) The board may investigate conditions that relate to the prompt remittance of the assessment by any producer or processor. If the board has probable cause to believe that a person has failed to collect an assessment or failed to remit to the board an assessment as required by this chapter, the board may:

(1) independently institute proceedings for recovery of the amount due to the board or for injunctive or other appropriate relief;

(2) request the attorney general, or the county or district attorney having jurisdiction, or both, to institute proceedings in the board's behalf; or

(3) forward to the department for action under Section 41.1011 a complaint and any original evidence or other information establishing probable cause.

(b) Suit under this section may be brought in Travis County or a county in which the person who is alleged to have failed to collect or remit an assessment conducts business related to the commodity subject to the uncollected or unpaid assessment.

(c) The remedies provided by this section are cumulative of other remedies provided by law.

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