Tex. Agric. Code § 13.259 · Subchapter E. PUBLIC WEIGHER
PENALTY FOR ISSUING A FALSE CERTIFICATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A public weigher who intentionally or knowingly issues a certificate of weight or measure of a commodity giving a false weight or measure for the commodity commits an offense.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1041, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2593, ch. 693, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 5.06, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 913 (H.B. 2925), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.13.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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