Bill Text: TX SB581 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Co-author authorized [SB581 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB581-Introduced.html
86R7831 TSR-F | ||
By: Perry | S.B. No. 581 |
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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 [ |
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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. |