Sec. 52.001. POLICY. The purpose of this chapter is:

(1) to promote and encourage intelligent and orderly production, cultivation, and care of citrus groves and marketing of agricultural products through cooperation;

(2) to eliminate speculation and waste in the production and marketing of agricultural products;

(3) to make production and distribution of agricultural products as direct as effectively possible between the producer and consumer; and

(4) to stabilize the production and marketing of agricultural products.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1102, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.