By: Cyrier (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 1730
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017;
May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; May 17, 2017, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2017,
sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to 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 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 as
required to maintain recognition of the department's metrology
laboratory [at least once each 10 years].
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, 2017.
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