Sec. 181.005. DAMAGES. A milk processor who fails to pay for raw milk as provided by this chapter is liable to the dairy farmer for:

(1) the purchase price of the raw milk;

(2) interest on the purchase price at the highest legal rate, from the date possession is transferred until the date the payment is made in accordance with this chapter; and

(3) a reasonable attorney's fee for the collection of the payment.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1083, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.