Sec. 13.023. STANDARD FOR WEIGHT. (a) The standard for weight is the standard of avoirdupois and troy weights. Other weights shall be derived and ascertained from that standard.
(b) The avoirdupois pound bears to the troy pound the ratio of 7,000 grains to 5,760 grains. The avoirdupois pound is divided into 16 equal parts called ounces.
(c) The hundredweight consists of 100 avoirdupois pounds. The ton consists of 2,000 avoirdupois pounds.
(d) The troy ounce is equal to one-twelfth of a troy pound.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1024, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Department of Agriculture
Chapter 13 - Weights and Measures
Subchapter B. Standard Weights and Measures
Section 13.021. Legal Standards
Section 13.022. Standard for Length and Surface
Section 13.023. Standard for Weight
Section 13.024. Standard for Liquid Capacity
Section 13.025. Standard for Solid Capacity
Section 13.027. Standard Net Weight or Count Set by Rule
Section 13.028. Standard Weight per Bushel for Certain Commodities
Section 13.029. Exemption of Weighing or Measuring Devices
Section 13.030. Sale of Commodities by Net Weight
Section 13.031. Sale of Commodities by Proper Measure
Section 13.032. Standard Fill and Quantity Labeling for Commodities in Package Form
Section 13.033. Sale of Milk or Cream in Nonstandard Container
Section 13.034. Sale of Cheese, Meat, or Meat Food Product by Nonstandard Weight
Section 13.035. Price Advertisement; Misrepresentation of Price or Quantity
Section 13.036. False Representation of Commodity Quantity
Section 13.037. Use of Incorrect Weighing or Measuring Device
Section 13.038. Sale of Commodity in Violation of Subchapter
Section 13.039. Testing of Package by Department