By Nelson S.B. No. 955 74R7545 DLF-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to exemptions from regulation as a food manufacturer or 1-3 wholesaler. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 431.2211, Health and Safety Code, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 431.2211. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter 1-8 does not apply to: 1-9 (1) a person, firm, or corporation that harvests, 1-10 packages, washes, or ships raw fruits or vegetables; or 1-11 (2) an individual who sells prepackaged nonperishable 1-12 foods, including dietary supplements, from a private home. 1-13 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-18 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-19 passage, and it is so enacted.