86R13939 TSR-D
By: Sheffield H.B. No. 4109
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exclusion of certain small public grain warehouses
from regulation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 14.011, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 14.011. LIMITATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not
apply to:
(1) a public grain warehouse covered by a license for
the operation of a public grain warehouse issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture or other federal agency;
(2) an individual producer-owner who does not receive
from others grain for storage or handling for hire;
(3) a person whose business is manufacturing grain or
selling manufactured grain and who receives all grain with the
intent to manufacture the grain or sell manufactured grain; [or]
(4) a person who receives grain with the intent of
using the grain for planting seed or for feeding livestock on the
premises where the grain is received; or
(5) a public grain warehouse with a storage capacity
of 10,000 bushels or less.
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.