Tex. Gov't Code Section 497.113
Surplus Agricultural Property and Products


(a)

The board may authorize the sale or disposal of surplus agricultural products and personal property owned by the department, other than products or property produced for sale by the department.

(b)

Products and property described by Subsection (a) shall be sold under rules adopted by the board and at prices and terms set pursuant to those rules.

(c)

The department may use surplus agricultural capacity to provide agricultural products to a nonprofit organization at no profit to the department.

(d)

The department is encouraged to enter into agreements with nonprofit food banks. An agreement under this subsection may provide that a food bank will supply seed and fertilizer to the department and that the department will in turn provide to the food bank agricultural products grown from the seed and with the assistance of the fertilizer. For the purpose of this subsection, “nonprofit food bank” means a nonprofit organization that solicits, warehouses, and redistributes edible food to agencies that feed needy families and individuals.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1409, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 303, Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 1999.

Source: Section 497.113 — Surplus Agricultural Property and Products, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­497.­htm#497.­113 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

497.001
Texas Correctional Industries
497.002
Purpose
497.003
Advisory Committee
497.004
Labor, Pay
497.005
Industrial Receipts
497.006
Contracts with Private Business
497.007
Grants
497.008
Lease of Land
497.010
Offense: Sale or Offer of Sale of Prison-produced Articles or Products
497.011
Certain Contracts Prohibited
497.012
Repair and Resale of Surplus Data Processing Equipment
497.021
Authority
497.022
Contracts
497.023
Priorities
497.024
Agencies and Political Subdivisions: Duties to Purchase
497.025
Purchasing Procedure
497.026
Prices
497.027
Specifications
497.028
Catalogs
497.029
New Articles and Products
497.031
Sale of State Flags to State Agency
497.051
Purpose
497.056
Private Sector Prison Industries Account
497.057
Rules
497.058
Piecp Wage
497.059
Limiting Impact of Certification on Non-prison Industry
497.060
Workers’ Compensation
497.061
Recidivism Studies
497.062
Limitation on Number of Participants and Cost Accounting Centers
497.063
Contract Requirements
497.064
Availability of Certain Information on Internet
497.081
Appointment
497.082
Use of Regular Inmates as Trusties Prohibited
497.083
Restrictions on Trusties
497.084
Honor Farms
497.085
Failure to Enforce
497.091
Contracts for Inmate Labor
497.092
Highway Improvement
497.093
Inmate Labor at Sam Houston State University
497.094
Job Training Programs
497.095
Inmate’s Work Record
497.096
Liability Protections
497.097
Use of State Jail Felons
497.099
Participation in Work Program Required
497.111
Advisory Committee on Agriculture
497.112
Agricultural Efficiency and Economy
497.113
Surplus Agricultural Property and Products
497.0211
Exception: Institutions of Higher Education
497.0527
Complaints
497.0581
Participant Contributions
497.0595
Limitation on Contracts
497.0596
Notice Concerning Certain Contracts

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

§ 497.113’s source at texas​.gov