Agriculture Code § 13.451
This section defines “license holder,” “service company,” and “service technician.”
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This section defines “license holder,” “service company,” and “service technician.”
This section defines when a person is performing device maintenance activities for a commercial weighing or measuring device.
The department may inspect, test, monitor, and make rules for licensing and device maintenance matters.
Some people do not need a license under this subchapter if they meet the listed conditions.
An individual may not perform or offer to perform device maintenance activities unless exempt or licensed as a service technician by the department.
A person generally may not employ someone doing device maintenance unless the person has a service company license, and a sole proprietor may not do or offer device maintenance unless they have both a service technician license and a service company license.
An applicant must submit the department’s application form, any other required documents, and a fee set by the department.
The department must issue a service technician license to each qualified applicant who applies, and it may set rule-based requirements for issuance or renewal.
The department must issue a license to each qualified applicant who applies, and applicants for issuance or renewal must submit a certificate of insurance and meet any other department-rule requirements.
A service company must keep a current operations liability insurance policy while doing device maintenance work.
A license under this subchapter lasts one year unless the department sets a different term by rule.
Licensed persons must periodically renew their license, or it expires unless renewal paperwork, fees, and renewal requirements are satisfied.
A license holder must follow department rules when doing device maintenance, and may use only department-approved equipment for that work.
A person commits an offense for violating Sections 13.455 or 13.456, or for causing another person to violate them.
This section defines terms used in the chapter about bees and apiaries.
The director must appoint a qualified chief apiary inspector.
A person may not serve as chief apiary inspector, or as an assistant, if certain trade-association ties in the beekeeping industry exist.
The chief apiary inspector may hire assistants and inspectors with approval, must give them required information, and the inspector must create annual performance evaluations based on measurable job tasks.
The chief apiary inspector must make an annual report to the director.
The state auditor may audit the chief apiary inspector’s financial transactions under Chapter 321, Government Code.
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