85R8945 TSR-D
 
  By: Lozano H.B. No. 2029
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
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.  Subchapter C, Chapter 13, Agriculture Code, is
  amended by adding Section 13.1002 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.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.