Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.454
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.454, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 13.454. EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
Official statutory text
(a) A person is not required to hold a license issued under this subchapter if the person:
(1) is a department employee who is performing device maintenance activities in the scope of the person's duties for the department;
(2) is the owner or operator of a commercial weighing or measuring device or an employee of the owner or operator of a commercial weighing or measuring device and the person:
(A) completely removes the commercial weighing or measuring device from the location at which the device was installed, including a device subject to an out-of-order tag, stop-sale order, security seal, lock, condemnation notice, or other item placed on the device by the department to prohibit use of the device; and
(B) notifies the department of the device's removal not later than the 10th day after the date the device was removed in the manner provided by department rule; or
(3) performs device maintenance activities only on a device that is:
(A) exempt from the registration requirements of Section 13.1011 under department rules;
(B) exempt from the inspection requirements of Section 13.101 under department rules; and
(C) not required to be inspected by other department rules.
(b) The department is not required to hold a license issued under this subchapter.
(1) is a department employee who is performing device maintenance activities in the scope of the person's duties for the department;
(2) is the owner or operator of a commercial weighing or measuring device or an employee of the owner or operator of a commercial weighing or measuring device and the person:
(A) completely removes the commercial weighing or measuring device from the location at which the device was installed, including a device subject to an out-of-order tag, stop-sale order, security seal, lock, condemnation notice, or other item placed on the device by the department to prohibit use of the device; and
(B) notifies the department of the device's removal not later than the 10th day after the date the device was removed in the manner provided by department rule; or
(3) performs device maintenance activities only on a device that is:
(A) exempt from the registration requirements of Section 13.1011 under department rules;
(B) exempt from the inspection requirements of Section 13.101 under department rules; and
(C) not required to be inspected by other department rules.
(b) The department is not required to hold a license issued under this subchapter.
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