H.B. No. 2223
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
 
 
  relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or
  measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.1002, Agriculture Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 13.1002.  EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN WEIGHING OR MEASURING
  DEVICES. Notwithstanding any other law, a commercial weighing or
  measuring device [that is exclusively used to weigh food sold for
  immediate consumption] is exempt from this subchapter, including
  the inspection requirements under Section 13.101 and the
  registration requirements under Section 13.1011, if the device is
  exclusively used to weigh food:
               (1)  sold ready for immediate consumption, regardless
  of whether the food is consumed on the premises where the food is
  weighed and sold; and
               (2)  not exempted from sales and use taxes under
  Section 151.314, Tax Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2223 was passed by the House on April
  2, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2223 was passed by the Senate on May
  3, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor