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| 1 | 1 | 86R7831 TSR-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Perry S.B. No. 581 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or | |
| 8 | 8 | measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 13.1002, Agriculture Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 13.1002. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN WEIGHING OR MEASURING | |
| 13 | 13 | DEVICES. Notwithstanding any other law, a commercial weighing or | |
| 14 | 14 | measuring device [that is exclusively used to weigh food sold for | |
| 15 | 15 | immediate consumption] is exempt from this subchapter, including | |
| 16 | 16 | the inspection requirements under Section 13.101 and the | |
| 17 | 17 | registration requirements under Section 13.1011, if the device is | |
| 18 | 18 | exclusively used to weigh food: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) sold ready for immediate consumption, regardless | |
| 20 | 20 | of whether the food is consumed on the premises where the food is | |
| 21 | 21 | weighed and sold; and | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) not exempted from sales and use taxes under | |
| 23 | 23 | Section 151.314, Tax Code. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 25 | 25 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 26 | 26 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |