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AN ACT
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relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or |
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measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 13, Agriculture Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 13.1002 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 13.1002. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN WEIGHING OR MEASURING |
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DEVICES. Notwithstanding any other law, a commercial weighing or |
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measuring device that is exclusively used to weigh food sold for |
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immediate consumption is exempt from this subchapter, including the |
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inspection requirements under Section 13.101 and the registration |
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requirements under Section 13.1011. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2029 was passed by the House on April |
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19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2029 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |