Texas Agriculture Code 122.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Agriculture Code 122.001
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) “Cultivate” means to plant, irrigate, cultivate, or harvest a hemp plant.
(2) “Governing person” has the meaning assigned by § 1.002, Business Organizations Code.
(3) “Handle” means to possess or store a hemp plant:
(A) on premises owned, operated, or controlled by a license holder for any period of time; or
(B) in a vehicle for any period of time other than during the actual transport of the plant from a premises owned, operated, or controlled by a license holder to:
(i) a premises owned, operated, or controlled by another license holder; or
(ii) a person licensed under Chapter 443, Health and Safety Code.
(4) “Hemp” has the meaning assigned by § 121.001.
(5) “Institution of higher education” has the meaning assigned by § 61.003, Education Code.
(6) “License” means a hemp grower’s license issued under Subchapter C.
(7) “License holder” means an individual or business entity holding a license.
(8) “Nonconsumable hemp product” means a product that contains hemp, other than a consumable hemp product as defined by § 443.001, Health and Safety Code. The term includes cloth, cordage, fiber, fuel, paint, paper, particleboard, and plastics derived from hemp.
(9) “Plot” means a contiguous area in a field, greenhouse, or indoor growing structure containing the same variety or cultivar of hemp throughout the area.