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By: Deuell S.B. No. 1413
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain powers and duties of the Department of
Agriculture and other entities engaged in agricultural activities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The following provisions of the Agriculture Code
are repealed:
(1) Sections 12.004, 12.008, 12.009, 12.030, 13.005,
13.006, 13.103, 13.105, 13.106, 13.107, 13.108(b) and (c), 15.004,
77.004, and 77.005; and
(2) Chapters 53, 96, 104, 145, and 252.
SECTION 2. Section 13.109, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 13.109. RULES GOVERNING SEALERS. The department shall
issue instructions and adopt rules governing state[, county, and
local] sealers as necessary to carry out the purposes of this
chapter.
SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 13.110, Agriculture
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) In accordance with this subchapter, each sealer may
inspect and test all weights and measures used in the locality to
which the sealer is assigned [or in the city or county in which the
sealer is appointed].
SECTION 4. Section 13.122, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 13.122. PENALTIES. An offense under Section [13.103,
13.106,] 13.114[,] or each of Sections 13.116 through 13.121 [of
this code] is a Class C misdemeanor.
SECTION 5. The farm and ranch loan security fund created
under Section 252.081, Agriculture Code, is abolished.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.