Tex. Agric. Code § 13.111 · Subchapter C. INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION OF WEIGHING OR MEASURING DEVICES
REPAIR OR DESTRUCTION OF INCORRECT COMMERCIAL WEIGHING OR MEASURING DEVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If, in the judgment of the department, a commercial weighing or measuring device found to be incorrect is not capable of being repaired, the department may condemn, seize, and destroy the device.
(b) If, in the judgment of the department, an incorrect commercial weighing or measuring device is capable of being repaired, the department shall place on the device a tag or other mark with the words "Out of Order." The owner or user of the commercial weighing or measuring device may not use it until it is reinspected and released for use by the department or inspected and released for use in any other manner authorized by department rule.
(c) The owner, operator, or user of a commercial weighing or measuring device may not destroy, replace, or otherwise dispose of a device declared to be incorrect or condemned under this section except as provided by department rule.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1032, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 4.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 913 (H.B. 2925), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 913 (H.B. 2925), Sec. 28(7), eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 924 (H.B. 1494), Sec. 3.18, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.13.htm
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