86R13426 TSR-F
By: Hancock, Perry S.B. No. 1939
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the storage of grapes in a public warehouse.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 14A.001(1), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(1) "Public warehouse operator" means a person who
stores cotton, wheat, rye, oats, grapes, or rice, or any kind of
produce.
SECTION 2. Chapter 14A, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Section 14A.0065 to read as follows:
Sec. 14A.0065. RECEIPT FOR GRAPES. (a) A public warehouse
operator shall issue a warehouse receipt to any person who deposits
grapes in the warehouse operator's warehouse and requests a
receipt.
(b) The receipt shall contain:
(1) all information required to be included on a
receipt by Section 14A.005;
(2) the date on which the grapes were received in the
warehouse;
(3) a statement that the grapes represented by the
receipt are deliverable on return of the receipt properly endorsed
and payment of charges for storage and insurance stated on the face
of the receipt; and
(4) a statement of the varietal of the grapes
represented by the receipt.
(c) Failure or neglect by a public warehouse operator to
comply with the provisions of this section is a ground for
revocation of a certificate to transact business as a public
warehouse operator.
SECTION 3. Section 14A.012, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) This chapter does not apply to a producer of grapes who
stores in a warehouse owned by the producer grapes produced and
owned by the producer.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.