Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.256
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.256, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 13.256. BOND.
Official statutory text
Each public weigher shall execute a bond in accordance with rules adopted by the department. The bond must be conditioned on the accurate weight or measure of a commodity being reflected on the certificate issued by the public weigher, on the protection of a commodity that the public weigher is requested to weigh or measure, and on compliance with all laws and rules governing public weighers. The bond is not void on first recovery. A person injured by the public weigher may sue on the bond.
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