Sec. 13.024. STANDARD FOR LIQUID CAPACITY. (a) The standard unit of measure of capacity for liquids is the gallon.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), all other measures of capacity for liquids are derived from the gallon by continual division by two, making half gallons, quarts, pints, half pints, and gills.
(c) A mechanism or machine that is adapted to measure and deliver liquid by volume and that indicates fractional parts of a gallon shall indicate the fractional parts either in terms of binary submultiple subdivisions or in terms of tenths of a gallon.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1219 (S.B. 2119), Sec. 10, eff. June 14, 2019.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1024, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 924 (H.B. 1494), Sec. 3.04, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1219 (S.B. 2119), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2020.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1219 (S.B. 2119), Sec. 10(2), eff. June 14, 2019.
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