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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exclusion of certain small public grain warehouses |
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from regulation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 14.011, Agriculture Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 14.011. LIMITATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not |
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apply to: |
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(1) a public grain warehouse covered by a license for |
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the operation of a public grain warehouse issued by the United |
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States Department of Agriculture or other federal agency; |
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(2) an individual producer-owner who does not receive |
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from others grain for storage or handling for hire; |
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(3) a person whose business is manufacturing grain or |
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selling manufactured grain and who receives all grain with the |
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intent to manufacture the grain or sell manufactured grain; [or] |
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(4) a person who receives grain with the intent of |
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using the grain for planting seed or for feeding livestock on the |
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premises where the grain is received; or |
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(5) a public grain warehouse with a storage capacity |
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of 10,000 bushels or less. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |