BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 2029

By: Lozano

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties contend that certain requirements relating to the inspection and registration of weighing or measuring devices are too burdensome for certain restaurants and other establishments that sell food by weight for immediate consumption. H.B. 2029 seeks to address this issue by exempting a commercial weighing or measuring device used exclusively for food sold for immediate consumption from those requirements.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 2029 amends the Agriculture Code to exempt a commercial weighing or measuring device that is exclusively used to weigh food sold for immediate consumption from statutory provisions relating to the inspection and registration of weighing or measuring devices.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2017.