Bill Text: TX HB1730 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certification of the state's primary standards of weights and measures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB1730 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1730-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1730 |
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relating to certification of the state's primary standards of | ||
weights and measures. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 13.113(b), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The department shall maintain the primary standards in a | ||
safe and suitable place in the offices of the department. The | ||
standards may not be moved except for repairs or | ||
certification. The department shall maintain the standards in | ||
good order and shall submit them to the National Institute of | ||
Standards and Technology or to a laboratory approved by the | ||
National Institute of Standards and Technology for certification as | ||
required to maintain recognition of the department's metrology | ||
laboratory [ |
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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, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1730 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1730 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |