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| 1 | 1 | By: Miller of Erath (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 1527 | |
| 2 | 2 | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011; | |
| 3 | 3 | April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on | |
| 4 | 4 | Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 3, 2011, reported favorably by | |
| 5 | 5 | the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 3, 2011, sent to printer.) | |
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| 8 | 8 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 9 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | 10 | relating to the certification of the state's primary standards of | |
| 11 | 11 | weights and measures. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Section 13.113(b), Agriculture Code, is amended | |
| 14 | 14 | to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (b) The department shall maintain the primary [official] | |
| 16 | 16 | standards in a safe and suitable place in the offices of the | |
| 17 | 17 | department. The standards may not be moved except for repairs or | |
| 18 | 18 | certification. The department shall maintain the standards in good | |
| 19 | 19 | order and shall submit them to the National Institute of Standards | |
| 20 | 20 | and Technology or to a laboratory approved by the National | |
| 21 | 21 | Institute of Standards and Technology for certification at least | |
| 22 | 22 | once each 10 years. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | |
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