Induced Breach of Marketing Contract; False Reports

Sec. 52.132. INDUCED BREACH OF MARKETING CONTRACT; FALSE REPORTS. In a civil suit for damages, a person is liable to a marketing association for an amount equal to three times the amount of actual damages proven for each offense if the person, or where the person is a corporation, if an officer or employee of the corporation: (1) knowingly induces or attempts to induce a member of the association to breach the member's marketing contract with the association; or (2) maliciously and knowingly spreads false reports concerning the finances or management of the association. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1113, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. SUBCHAPTER J. FEES AND REPORTS