Bill Text: TX SB1909 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the sale or use of an incorrect weighing or measuring device; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-20 - Left pending in committee [SB1909 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1909-Introduced.html

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84R11181 AJZ-F
By: Perry S.B. No. 1909

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale or use of an incorrect weighing or measuring
device; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.037(a), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A person 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.
SECTION 2. Section 13.120(b), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A person commits an offense if the person or the
person's servant or agent [knowingly]:
(1) offers or exposes for sale, hire, or award or sells
an incorrect weighing or measuring device;
(2) possesses an incorrect weighing or measuring
device; or
(3) 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.
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.