By: Frullo (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 2223
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 3, 2019;
April 4, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture; April 23, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 23, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or
measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.1002, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 13.1002. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN WEIGHING OR MEASURING
DEVICES. Notwithstanding any other law, a commercial weighing or
measuring device [that is exclusively used to weigh food sold for
immediate consumption] is exempt from this subchapter, including
the inspection requirements under Section 13.101 and the
registration requirements under Section 13.1011, if the device is
exclusively used to weigh food:
(1) sold ready for immediate consumption, regardless
of whether the food is consumed on the premises where the food is
weighed and sold; and
(2) not exempted from sales and use taxes under
Section 151.314, Tax Code.
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, 2019.
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