Bill Text: TX SB492 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the sale of eggs in a reused carton.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB492 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB492-Introduced.html
  88R4344 MP-D
 
  By: Hughes S.B. No. 492
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the sale of eggs in a reused carton.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 132, Agriculture Code, is
  amended by adding Section 132.048 to read as follows:
         Sec. 132.048.  REUSED EGG CARTON. A retailer or a person
  directly selling eggs to a consumer may sell eggs packaged in a
  reused carton if the carton is properly labeled with the
  information required by Section 132.044.
         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, 2023.
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