{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-13.259","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.259","heading":"PENALTY FOR ISSUING A FALSE CERTIFICATE.","body":"(a) A public weigher who intentionally or knowingly issues a certificate of weight or measure of a commodity giving a false weight or measure for the commodity commits an offense.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1041, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2593, ch. 693, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 5.06, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 913 (H.B. 2925), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","CHAPTER 13. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES","SUBCHAPTER E. PUBLIC WEIGHER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.13.htm#13.259","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"917b7b6b2ed993767bd3c60f056a0a249ce221c9b3b9e54bf56e60edf5b4ee15","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-13.258","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-13.260"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}