Sec. 345.137. CORRECTION BY PROPER LABELING OR PROCESSING


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  • (a) A court may order the delivery of detained or embargoed bedding that violates this chapter or a rule or standard adopted under this chapter to the claimant of the bedding for labeling or processing under the supervision of an agent of the commissioner of public health or an authorized agent if:

    (1) the decree has been entered in the suit relating to the detained or embargoed bedding;

    (2) the claimant has paid the costs, fees, and expenses of the suit;

    (3) the violation can be corrected by proper labeling or processing; and

    (4) a good and sufficient bond, conditioned on the correction of the violation by proper labeling or processing, has been executed.

    (b) The claimant shall pay the costs of the supervision of the labeling or processing by the agent of the commissioner of public health or an authorized agent.

    (c) The court shall order that the bedding be returned to the claimant and the bond discharged on the representation to the court by the commissioner of public health or an authorized agent that the article no longer violates this chapter or a rule or standard adopted under this chapter and that the expenses of the supervision are paid.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1055, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.