H.B. No. 760




AN ACT

relating to fees for registration and inspection of certain fuel 
measuring and dispensing devices.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 13.001(a), Agriculture Code, is amended 
by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:
		(3)  "Pump" means a gasoline, kerosene, or diesel fuel 
measuring or dispensing device.
	SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 13.1151, Agriculture 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 13.1151.  FEES FOR REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION.                    
	SECTION 3.  Section 13.1151(a), Agriculture Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	[(a)]  The department may charge the owner or operator of a 
device a fee, as provided by department rule, to recover the costs 
of [for the] registration and inspection of a pump, scale, [or] bulk 
or liquefied petroleum gas metering device, or other measuring or 
dispensing device required to be registered or inspected under 
[Section 13.1011 of] this chapter [code.  The department shall 
determine the amount of the fee based on the number and the capacity 
of the scales, pumps, or metering devices being operated].
	SECTION 4.  Sections 13.1011(e) and 13.1151(b)-(f), 
Agriculture Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 760 was passed by the House on March 
23, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 760 was passed by the Senate on May 3, 
2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor