The purpose of this chapter is:

1. (1) to promote and encourage intelligent and orderly production, cultivation, and care of citrus groves and marketing of agricultural products through cooperation;
2. (2) to eliminate speculation and waste in the production and marketing of agricultural products;
3. (3) to make production and distribution of agricultural products as direct as effectively possible between the producer and consumer; and
4. (4) to stabilize the production and marketing of agricultural products.

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