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United States — Texas
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The department may set standard net weights or counts for commodities and set tolerances by rule. A person violates the chapter if they fail or refuse to comply with those rules.
United States — Texas
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If certain commodities are sold by the bushel and the parties have not agreed on measurement or weight, the bushel must be treated as the listed pound weight.
United States — Texas
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The department may, by rule, exempt a weighing or measuring device from a chapter requirement if it finds enforcement is not cost-effective, not feasible with current resources or standards, or would not substantially benefit or protect consumers.
United States — Texas
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When a commodity is sold by weight, the sale must use net weight; the section does not apply to bales of cotton.
United States — Texas
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Sales of covered commodities must use the measure required by this section, with specific exceptions for immediate consumption, common-weight sales, certain produce sales, and original packages.
United States — Texas
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Packages in commodity form generally must be plainly marked with net quantity and the seller’s business name and place, and the department may set standard-fill rules, exemptions, and tolerances.
United States — Texas
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A person may not sell, keep, offer, or expose for sale milk or cream in containers that are not standard liquid measures under Section 13.024.
United States — Texas
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Cheese, meat, and meat food products must generally be sold by standard net weight, with limited exceptions for immediate on-premises consumption and certain poultry sales.
United States — Texas
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Price ads with whole numbers and fractions must make the fraction figures proportionate and legible; misrepresenting price or using price or quantity claims that mislead customers is a violation.
United States — Texas
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A person must not sell or offer a smaller quantity of a commodity or service than represented, or take more than the represented quantity when acting as a buyer furnishing weight or measure.
United States — Texas
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A person commits an offense if they knowingly use an incorrect weighing or measuring device in certain commodity or service transactions.
United States — Texas
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A person violates this section if the person, or the person’s servant or agent, sells, keeps, offers for sale, or exposes for sale a commodity that violates the subchapter.
United States — Texas
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The department must periodically weigh or measure certain commodities to verify quantity and legal sale, and it may seize underweight packages as evidence. A person commits an offense by refusing to show a commodity to the department for quantity testing.
United States — Texas
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The department may issue a stop-sale order, must deliver it to the owner or seller, and the recipient may not sell the commodity or service until a court or the commissioner releases it.
United States — Texas
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Certain violations of listed sections are Class C misdemeanors, and a good-faith seller may use a defense based on specified measurement discrepancies caused by unavoidable loss or factors beyond the seller’s control.
United States — Texas
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The department may inspect a weighing or measuring device, and related records, if it has reason to believe the device is used in a commercial transaction and is not registered.
United States — Texas
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Certain commercial weighing or measuring devices are exempt from this subchapter if they are used only to weigh food sold ready for immediate consumption and the food is not sales-tax exempt under the cited Tax Code section.
United States — Texas
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Commercial weighing or measuring devices generally must be inspected and tested on a four-year cycle, unless exempt by department rule.
United States — Texas
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People who own or operate a commercial weighing or measuring device must register it before using it for a commercial transaction, unless a department rule exempts the device.
United States — Texas
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The department may condemn, seize, or destroy an incorrect commercial weighing or measuring device if it cannot be repaired; if it can be repaired, the department must mark it “Out of Order.”