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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
In this subchapter:
(1) “Board” means the Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board.
(2) “Claim initiation date” means the earliest date on which a grain buyer:
(A) files for federal bankruptcy protection;
(B) becomes the subject of an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding;
(C) is found to be insolvent by a court or a state or federal licensing agency;
(D) is ordered by a court having jurisdiction to pay a judgment to a grain producer; or
(E) loses its public warehouse license under:
(i) the United States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C. Section 241 et seq.); or
(ii) Chapter 14.
(3) “Financial failure” means an event described by Subdivision (2)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).
(3-a) “Fund” means the grain producer indemnity fund.
(4) “Grain” means corn, soybeans, wheat, and grain sorghum.
(5) “Grain buyer” means a person who buys grain from a grain producer or stores unsold grain for a grain producer. The term includes:
(A) a purchaser;
(B) a warehouseman;
(C) a processor; or
(D) a commercial handler.
(6) “Grain producer” means a person, including the owner of a farm on which grain is produced, or the owner's tenant or sharecropper, engaged in the business of producing grain or causing grain to be produced for commercial purposes.
(7) [Blank].
(8) “Reinsurance” means an insurance product purchased by the board to reduce the financial risk and capital balance associated with the function of the board.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Agriculture Code - AGRIC § 41.201. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/agriculture-code/agric-sect-41-201/
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