Texas Statutes
Subchapter B. Standard Weights and Measures
Section 13.039. Testing of Package by Department

Sec. 13.039. TESTING OF PACKAGE BY DEPARTMENT. (a) The department shall from time to time weigh or measure a package or an amount of any commodity that is kept or offered for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery, in order to determine:
(1) if the commodity is of the amount or quantity represented; or
(2) if the commodity is being offered for sale or sold in accordance with law.
(b) If the department finds that a package or any lot of a commodity contains less of the commodity than the amount represented, the department may seize the package or the commodity as evidence.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person or the person's employee or agent refuses to exhibit a commodity being sold or offered for sale at a given weight or quantity, or ordinarily sold in that manner, to the department for testing and proving as to quantity.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1029, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 913 (H.B. 2925), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.

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