Bill Text: TX HB1479 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to charging exorbitant or excessive prices for certain agricultural goods during a declared disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-05 - Referred to Business & Industry [HB1479 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1479-Introduced.html
87R3765 MWC-F | ||
By: Cyrier | H.B. No. 1479 |
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relating to charging exorbitant or excessive prices for certain | ||
agricultural goods during a declared disaster. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 17.4625, Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) For purposes of Section 17.46(b)(27), the price of a | ||
meat food product or a poultry product, as those terms are defined | ||
by Section 433.003, Health and Safety Code, or an egg, as defined by | ||
Section 132.001, Agriculture Code, that is sold or offered for sale | ||
by a grower, producer, or processor of the product or egg is not | ||
considered exorbitant or excessive if the price for the product or | ||
egg is: | ||
(1) a contract price; | ||
(2) the result of a price formula; or | ||
(3) based on a pricing index. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an act or practice that occurs on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. An act or practice that occurs before the effective date | ||
of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the act or | ||
practice occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |