Bill Text: TX HB2704 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the sale, use, or possession of an incorrect weighing or measuring device; creating a criminal offense.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-27 - Not again placed on intent calendar [HB2704 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2704-Comm_Sub.html

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By: King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 2704
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 24, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 1; May 24, 2015, sent
to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale, use, or possession of an incorrect weighing or
measuring device; creating a criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.037, Agriculture Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) A person may not use [commits an offense if the person or
the person's servant or agent knowingly uses] an incorrect weighing
or measuring device in:
(1) buying or selling a commodity;
(2) computing a charge for services rendered on the
basis of weight or measure; or
(3) determining the weight or measure of a commodity,
if a charge is made for the determination.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person or the
person's servant or agent knowingly violates Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Section 13.120, Agriculture Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) A person may not [commits an offense if the person or the
person's servant or agent knowingly]:
(1) offer [offers] or expose [exposes] for sale, hire,
or award or sell [sells] an incorrect weighing or measuring device;
(2) possess [possesses] an incorrect weighing or
measuring device; or
(3) sell, offer for sale, use, or possess [sells,
offers for sale, uses, or possesses] for the purpose of sale or use
a device or instrument to be used to falsify or intended to falsify
a weight or measure.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person or the
person's servant or agent knowingly violates Subsection (b).
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an offense committed or conduct that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act. An offense committed or conduct that
occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect on the date the offense was committed or the conduct
occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed or
conduct occurs before the effective date of this Act if any element
of the offense or conduct occurs before the effective date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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