Texas Agriculture Code
§ 14.052 — WAREHOUSE OPERATOR OBLIGATIONS
AG § 14.052Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · Ch. 14. REGULATION OF PUBLIC GRAIN WAREHOUSE OPERATORS · Art. F. WAREHOUSE OPERATOR OBLIGATIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The obligations of a warehouse operator include the obligation to:
(1)deliver grain to a person holding a receipt for grain stored in the warehouse; and
(2)maintain the quantity and quality of all grain not owned by the warehouse operator, including open storage grain.
(b)Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or by department rule, the obligation of a warehouse operator to deliver grain to a person holding a receipt for grain stored in the public grain warehouse is controlled by Section 7.403, Business & Commerce Code.
(c)If a warehouse operator accepts for storage, shipping, handling, purchase, or sale any grain that is nonfungible or for which identity must be preserved, the warehouse operator shall safeguard the grain from intermingling with grain that would impair or destroy the identity-preserved or nonfungible nature of the grain. Nothing in this section requires the warehouse operator to accept grain that is nonfungible or that requires identity preservation.
(d)The warehouse operator remains liable for the quality and quantity of grain deposited at the warehouse and for any other obligations established under this chapter for any period during which the warehouse has been sealed or during any period of probation, suspension, or revocation imposed under this chapter or for grain abandoned by the warehouse operator unless:
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Legislative history
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1052, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 553, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Renumbered from Sec. 14.0091, 14.021 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1124, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.