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  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 13.112

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    On request, the department must test weighing or measuring devices used by a state institution and report the results to the institution’s governing body chairman.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.113

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    The department must maintain and protect state standards of weights and measures, inspect and correct certain standards, and keep records; cities must reimburse the state for furnished standards.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.114

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    The department must set specifications and tolerances for commercial weighing or measuring devices used in Texas.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.115

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    The department may collect a fee for certain device tests, and it must charge fees for specified metrology laboratory testing under department rules. The section also allows a city to operate a testing agency.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.1151

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    The department may charge a fee to the owner or operator of a weighing or measuring device, under department rule, to recover registration and inspection costs.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.117

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    A person commits an offense if they refuse to let the department inspect, test, or examine a weighing or measuring device they control or possess, when that inspection is required or authorized by this chapter.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.118

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    A person commits an offense by hindering or obstructing department personnel while they perform official duties.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.119

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    A person commits an offense if they remove or obliterate a tag or device placed, or required to be placed, by the department on a weighing or measuring device.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.120

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    The department may condemn and prohibit sale or distribution of incorrect weighing or measuring devices sold or about to be sold in the state, and knowingly dealing in such devices can be an offense.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.121

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    A person commits an offense by disposing of a condemned weighing or measuring device in a way that violates Sections 13.111 or 13.120.

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  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 13.251

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    This section defines “public weigher” as a certified business that can issue an official certificate for the accurate weight or measure of a requested commodity.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.255

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    A public weigher may not officially weigh a commodity without a certificate of authority, and must submit a fee with the certificate application as set by department rule.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.2555

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    The department may discipline a public weigher for violating this subchapter or department rules, including revoking, modifying, or suspending the certificate, assessing an administrative penalty, probation, or reprimand.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.256

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    Each public weigher must execute a bond under department rules, and an injured person may sue on the bond.

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    Agriculture Code § 13.257

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    Public weighers must include specified details on each weight-or-measure certificate and keep a copy of each certificate in a well-bound book.

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  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 13.258

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    The department must supervise public weighers, adopt enforcement rules, and review a commodity’s certified weight or measure when an interested party applies.

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  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 13.259

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    A public weigher who intentionally or knowingly gives a false weight or measure certificate for a commodity commits an offense.

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