Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1-By: Lozano, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 2029
2- (In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2017;
3- April 26, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
4- Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; May 16, 2017, reported
5- favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 16, 2017, sent
6- to printer.)
1+H.B. No. 2029
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9- A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
104 AN ACT
115 relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or
126 measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements.
137 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
148 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 13, Agriculture Code, is
159 amended by adding Section 13.1002 to read as follows:
1610 Sec. 13.1002. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN WEIGHING OR MEASURING
1711 DEVICES. Notwithstanding any other law, a commercial weighing or
1812 measuring device that is exclusively used to weigh food sold for
1913 immediate consumption is exempt from this subchapter, including the
2014 inspection requirements under Section 13.101 and the registration
2115 requirements under Section 13.1011.
2216 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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17+ ______________________________ ______________________________
18+ President of the Senate Speaker of the House
19+ I certify that H.B. No. 2029 was passed by the House on April
20+ 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not
21+ voting.
22+ ______________________________
23+ Chief Clerk of the House
24+ I certify that H.B. No. 2029 was passed by the Senate on May
25+ 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
26+ ______________________________
27+ Secretary of the Senate
28+ APPROVED: _____________________
29+ Date
30+ _____________________
31+ Governor