| 1 | 1 | | 86R13939 TSR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Sheffield H.B. No. 4109 |
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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 the exclusion of certain small public grain warehouses |
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| 8 | 8 | | from regulation. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 14.011, Agriculture Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 14.011. LIMITATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not |
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| 13 | 13 | | apply to: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) a public grain warehouse covered by a license for |
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| 15 | 15 | | the operation of a public grain warehouse issued by the United |
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| 16 | 16 | | States Department of Agriculture or other federal agency; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) an individual producer-owner who does not receive |
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| 18 | 18 | | from others grain for storage or handling for hire; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) a person whose business is manufacturing grain or |
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| 20 | 20 | | selling manufactured grain and who receives all grain with the |
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| 21 | 21 | | intent to manufacture the grain or sell manufactured grain; [or] |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) a person who receives grain with the intent of |
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| 23 | 23 | | using the grain for planting seed or for feeding livestock on the |
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| 24 | 24 | | premises where the grain is received; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) a public grain warehouse with a storage capacity |
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| 26 | 26 | | of 10,000 bushels or less. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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