Sec. 128.012. PROCEDURES FOR SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES. (a) The commissioner of agriculture by rule shall establish a procedure to settle a dispute between a claimant supplying agricultural chemicals or labor in the application, delivery, or preparation of agricultural chemicals and a debtor. The procedures must provide:
(1) a time requirement for submitting the dispute to the department;
(2) a time requirement within which a notice of the dispute must be submitted to each party; and
(3) a process for evaluating the dispute.
(b) Each party to the dispute is equally liable for the reasonable costs incurred by the department in carrying out this section.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 197, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Horticultural Products
Subtitle H - Horticultural Liens
Chapter 128 - Agricultural Chemical and Seed Liens
Subchapter B. Agricultural Chemical and Seed Lien
Section 128.006. Notice Before Purchase; Required Notice Before Claiming Lien
Section 128.007. Attachment of Lien
Section 128.008. Amount of Lien
Section 128.009. Person Entitled to File; Exception
Section 128.010. Perfection of Lien
Section 128.011. Duration of Notice of Claim of Lien
Section 128.012. Procedures for Settlement of Disputes
Section 128.013. Contents of Notice of Claim of Lien
Section 128.016. Filing and Marking in Office of Secretary of State; Fee
Section 128.017. Time of Written Notice
Section 128.018. Recognition of Notice as Financing Statement