By: Miller of Erath (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 1527
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011;
April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 3, 2011, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 3, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the certification of the state's primary standards of
weights and measures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.113(b), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The department shall maintain the primary [official]
standards in a safe and suitable place in the offices of the
department. The standards may not be moved except for repairs or
certification. The department shall maintain the standards in good
order and shall submit them to the National Institute of Standards
and Technology or to a laboratory approved by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology for certification at least
once each 10 years.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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