| 1 | 1 | | 86R3535 BEF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lambert H.B. No. 1284 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to egg grading. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 132.002, Agriculture Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 132.002. SALE OF UNGRADED EGGS BY PRODUCER [LIMITATION |
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| 12 | 12 | | OF CHAPTER]. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this [This] |
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| 13 | 13 | | chapter does not apply to a person selling only eggs that are |
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| 14 | 14 | | produced by the person's own flock and for which the person does not |
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| 15 | 15 | | claim a grade. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) A person who produces eggs as described by Subsection |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) may sell the eggs directly to a consumer or at wholesale if the |
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| 18 | 18 | | eggs are clearly labeled as "ungraded." |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) A state agency or political subdivision may not prohibit |
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| 20 | 20 | | a person described by Section 132.021(b) from purchasing, |
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| 21 | 21 | | reselling, or using eggs described by Subsection (b). |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 132.043(c), Agriculture Code, is amended |
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| 23 | 23 | | to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) Licensees required by this section to collect or pay a |
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| 25 | 25 | | special fee shall remit the fee [monthly] in accordance with rules |
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| 26 | 26 | | established by the department. The rules may not require a licensee |
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| 27 | 27 | | to remit the fee more often than: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) monthly; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) annually, if the licensee is required to remit |
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| 30 | 30 | | less than $360 for the year. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Department |
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| 32 | 32 | | of Agriculture shall adopt rules consistent with Section |
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| 33 | 33 | | 132.043(c), Agriculture Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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