Tex. Agric. Code § 111.004 · Chapter 111. GINNING AND COMPRESSING COTTON
BALING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each bale of cotton ginned by a ginner shall be wrapped so that:
(1) the bale will be completely covered when compressed and the ends of the bale are closed and well sewn; and
(2) the markings on the bale will remain intact and visible under ordinary conditions.
(b) In compressing, recompressing, baling, or rebaling cotton, each person owning, operating, or working for a compress in this state shall, prior to delivery of a bale to a common carrier, bind and tie the bale so that the bale is free of:
(1) dangerously exposed ends of bands or buckles; or
(2) dangerously exposed or protruding parts of ties, bands, buckles, or splices.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1299, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.111.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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