Bill Text: TX HB2223 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
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: (Passed) 2019-05-17 - Effective immediately [HB2223 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2223-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2223 | ||
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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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2223 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 2, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2223 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
