Bill Text: TX HB2028 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to egg grading.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Agriculture & Livestock [HB2028 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2028-Introduced.html
| 87R685 BEF-D | ||
| By: Lambert | H.B. No. 2028 | |
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| relating to egg grading. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 132.002, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 132.002. SALE OF UNGRADED EGGS BY PRODUCER [ |
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| chapter does not apply to a person selling only eggs that are | ||
| produced by the person's own flock and for which the person does not | ||
| claim a grade. | ||
| (b) A person who produces eggs as described by Subsection | ||
| (a) may sell the eggs directly to a consumer or at wholesale if the | ||
| eggs are sold in a carton labeled with "ungraded" followed by | ||
| "produced by (producer's name)" and the producer's address. The | ||
| label information must be legible, must appear on the top panel of | ||
| the carton, and may be preprinted on the carton, printed on a label | ||
| attached to the carton, or hand printed on the carton. The carton | ||
| may not display the name of a retailer or of a producer other than | ||
| the producer whose flock produced the eggs. | ||
| (c) A state agency or political subdivision may not prohibit | ||
| a person described by Section 132.021(b) from purchasing, | ||
| reselling, or using eggs described by Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 132.043(c), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Licensees required by this section to collect or pay a | ||
| special fee shall remit the fee [ |
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| established by the department. The rules may not require a licensee | ||
| to remit the fee more often than: | ||
| (1) monthly; or | ||
| (2) annually, if the licensee is required to remit | ||
| less than $360 for the year. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Department | ||
| of Agriculture shall adopt rules consistent with Section | ||
| 132.043(c), Agriculture Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2021. | ||
