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.