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2003S0585-1 03/11/03


By:  Averitt                                                      S.B. No. 1329


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the frequency of weights and measures testing.                    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 13.101, Agriculture 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  At least once every four [three] years, or more often as 
required by the department, a weight or measure shall be inspected 
and tested for correctness by a sealer if it:
		(1)  is kept for sale, sold, or used by a proprietor, 
agent, lessee, or employee in proving the weight or measure, 
including the size, quantity, extent, or area, of any item; or
		(2)  is purchased, offered, or submitted by a 
proprietor, agent, lessee, or employee for sale, hire, or award.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.