Sec. 2310.059. TESTING BY DEPARTMENT. (a) The department shall from time to time weigh or measure an amount of motor fuel that is kept or offered for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery, in order to determine:
(1) if the motor fuel is of the amount or quantity represented; or
(2) if the motor fuel is being offered for sale or sold in accordance with law.
(b) If the department finds that any lot of motor fuel contains less of the motor fuel than the amount represented, the department may seize the motor fuel as evidence.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person or the person's employee or agent refuses to exhibit motor fuel 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.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1219 (S.B. 2119), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2020.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 14 - Regulation of Motor Vehicles and Transportation
Subtitle A - Regulations Related to Motor Vehicles
Chapter 2310 - Motor Fuel Metering and Quality
Subchapter B. Standard Weights and Measures for Motor Fuel
Section 2310.051. Legal Standards
Section 2310.052. Standard for Liquid Motor Fuel
Section 2310.053. Exemption of Certain Motor Fuel Metering Devices
Section 2310.054. Sale of Motor Fuel by Proper Measure
Section 2310.055. Price Advertisement; Misrepresentation of Price or Quantity
Section 2310.056. False Representation of Motor Fuel Quantity
Section 2310.057. Use of Incorrect Motor Fuel Metering Device
Section 2310.058. Sale of Motor Fuel in Violation of Subchapter
Section 2310.059. Testing by Department